A COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION DIGEST FOR THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY - Vol.23 No.4 - May 17, 1982

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Management information digest focused on U.S.-Japan high technology trade issues, including a joint working group to resolve technology-trade barriers and cooperation topics such as R&D access, patents and technology flow, and mutual market access. Highlights opposition by CBEMA to retaliatory “new reciprocity” legislation, urging stronger use of existing trade law and GATT rulemaking. Covers concerns about federal procurement systems and forecasts growth in small-systems packaged software markets.

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Contents

Financial Statements

Industry Notes

The Contract-to-Hire Solution

No Recession at Decision Data

A COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION DIGEST FOR THE COMPUTER INDUSTRYVol.23 No.4May 17,1982Page 1 agreed to establish a joint working group to resolve a broad range of high tech-nology trade issues. The agreement came after two days of talks involving theTrade Facilitation Committee's Executive Council at the Commerce Department.The council is co-chaired by Under Secretary Lionel H.Olmer and Vice MinisterShoekei Kurihara. The talks_were_followed_by discussions led by Deputy SpecialTrade Respresentative David R.McDonald.(Continued on Page 2) CBEMA opposes reciprocity measures based on retaliatory trade practices….Aleading high technology industry association squarely opposed various "newreciprocity"legislative proposals in Congress recently based on retaliatory tradepolicy,warning that they could produce more barriers and distortions resultingin a "dramatic collapse in world trade." Declaring that new legislation was nottimely,the Computer and Business Equipment Manufactirers Association(CBEMA)instead called on the Reagan Administration to more aggressively pursue accessto foreign markets through existing trade law and to seek new rules through theGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT)to cover inadequacies of the currenttrade system.(Continued on Page 2) CBEMA also called for a single law governing all federal procurement that promotesmaximum use of commercial acquisition practices,particularly the pra.tice ofmulti-year contracting.Vico E.Henriques,in a statement before the Subcommitteeon Federal Expenditures,Research and Rules of the Senate Committee on Govern-ment Affairs was critical of the existing federal procurement system,whichoperates unaer two statutes --one for civilian agencies and one for theDepartment of Defense.(Continued on Page 3) Exploding small systems packages software market to hit $6.3 billion by 1986...A dramatic compound growth rate of 35.6 per cent per year for the next fouryears is projected for the small systems packaged software market in a report byIDC.Today there are over 14 million small businesses,about 2.5 million self-iemployed professionals,and over 15 million managers in large corporations whoare current or potential users of small systems. Software for this marketplace isso hot that analysts predict that about one-fourth of the industry's sales in 1981will be attributable to software;but by 1990 the percentage of software to hard-ware sales will increase to almost three-fourths.There are presently 8,000 to 9,000 software products in existence,over 400 producers of identifiable productsand more of each on the horizon.(Continued on Page 4) 1986 fand could trarpklet y 199formahie ntopaocmsikeg po thetse plldaucts tn o981e syestimated to be $73 billion,and a new report from Arthur D.Little Inc.,predictsthat revenues will climb to between $125 billion and $150 billion(1981 dollars)in1986,and $190 billion to $230 billion by 1991.(Continued on Page 5) CONTENTS Financial Statements. ..7Industry Notes… …… …………12The Contract-to-Hire Solution… .8No Recession at Decision Data 12 EDP WEEKLYCopyright 1982 by EDP News Services Inc. Cont nuJed Prom Page 1) "There is no more important matteron our trade agenda than the resolutionof high technology trade issues betweenthe U.s.and Japan,"said CommerceSecretary Malcolm Baldrige. He said thegroup will tackle problems of industrialcooperation,access to government-spon-sored research and development,theflow of patents and technology,andmutual market access. Baldrige stressedthat "the future of U.S.industrialcompetitiveness in inseparably linkedto the health of our high technologyindustries." The U.S.side will be co-chaired byDeputy Assistant Secretary of CommerceClyde V.Prestowitz.u.S.governmentagencies such as the Bureau of IndustrialEconomics,National Bureau of Standards,Patent and Trademark Office will partici-pate. During the talks with the MITI dele-gation,Commerce and USTR officials made EDP

FAQs

What is the central theme of this management information digest?

It focuses on management information for the computer industry, particularly high technology trade issues and related policy discussions.

How does CBEMA respond to reciprocity legislation?

CBEMA opposes reciprocity measures tied to retaliatory trade practices, warning they could create additional barriers and distort world trade.

What market trend is projected for small-systems packaged software?

The digest projects strong growth for the small systems packaged software market, including revenue estimates reaching much higher levels by the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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