Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 90 Canadian enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) budgets and staff allocation. The survey investigates how Canadian enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT spend, namely hardware, software, IT services, communications and consulting.
Scope
Understand how ICT budgets are set to change in 2013 in terms of their overall size.
Appreciate how IT budgets are allocated across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications and consulting.
Learn how IT dollars are being spent in areas such as the data centre, applications, IT management and the network.
Establish how IT staff are typically allocated within Canadian organizations.
Gain insight into with whom Canadian enterprises plan to spend their ICT dollars.
Summary
Why was the report written?
In order to provide a depth of insight into ICT vendors’ and service providers’ potential customers
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Despite the drive to cut costs across government, many public sector organizations are still spending steadily and expect to promote successful innovations through IT investments.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Spending on IT will mostly follow an upward trend due to recovery from the macroeconomic debt crisis and gradual improvement in the US economy.
What makes this report unique and essential to read?
Kable Market Research Market Research has invested significant resources in order to interview CIOs and IT managers about their IT Budgets. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 90+ ICT decision makers in the Canadian market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
IT expenditure on the service desk, communications, and IT management is expected to remain relatively low in 2012, as compared to other functions, perhaps reflecting the reluctance of organizations to invest in their business expansion in the current economic climate.
A large proportion (about X%), on average, of Canadian enterprises’ total IT budgets is being allocated to internal development and maintenance.
The rising demand for multiple communication devices, such as smartphones and tablets, along with the gradual adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs, mostly by large businesses, have made client computing a necessary choice for enterprises.
Enterprise customers of all sizes are opting for an "on-demand software" delivery model in which software and its associated data are centrally hosted on the cloud.
Demand for application development and integration services has strengthened, as organizations have increased their focus on enterprise applications, rapidly emerging mobile & web applications, and security software.
Table of Contents
1 Trends in ICT budgets
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 IT budget changes
1.4 IT budget allocation by core technology area
1.5 IT budget allocation by function
1.6 IT spending by entity
1.7 IT staff distribution
2 Detailed IT budget allocations
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Hardware budget breakdown
2.3 Software budget breakdowns
2.4 Third party IT Services expenditure
2.5 Telecommunications budget
3 Summary
3.1 Canadian enterprises prove to be moderately optimistic in their IT spend
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Canadian enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Canadian enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Canadian enterprises
Table 4: Canadian enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation in 2012
Table 5: Canadian enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation in 2013
Table 6: Canadian enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2012 and 2013
Table 7: Canadian enterprises’ IT budget allocation by entity in 2012
Table 8: Canadian enterprises’ IT budget allocation by entity in 2013
Table 9: Average allocation of full-time IT staff members in Canadian enterprises
Table 10: Canadian enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Table 11: Average allocation of software budgets in the Canadian enterprise market
Table 12: Canadian enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Table 13: Canadian enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Table 14: Canadian enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Table 15: Canadian enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Canadian enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Canadian enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Canadian enterprises
Figure 4: Canadian enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation in 2012
Figure 5: Canadian enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation in 2013
Figure 6: Canadian enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2012 and 2013
Figure 7: Canadian enterprises’ IT budget allocation by entity in 2012
Figure 8: Canadian enterprises’ IT budget allocation by entity in 2013
Figure 9: Average allocation of full-time IT staff members in Canadian enterprises
Figure 10: Canadian enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Figure 11: Average allocation of software budgets in the Canadian enterprise market
Figure 12: Canadian enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Figure 13: Canadian enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Figure 14: Canadian enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Figure 15: Canadian enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
