Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 153 French enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) budgets and staff allocation. The survey investigates how French 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 budgets are allocated across the core elements of ICT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications and consulting.
Learn how ICT Euros are being spent in areas such as the data centre, applications, IT management and the network.
Establish how IT staff are typically allocated within French organizations.
Gain insight into with whom French enterprises plan to spend their ICT Euros.
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?
The French enterprise ICT market for business and purchases of technology goods and advanced IT services is growing at a modest pace and this is set to continue in 2013.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
The Government’s support for technological innovation is driving the growth of ICT market in France
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 150+ ICT decision makers in France market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Enterprise ICT spending is expected to grow moderately as government continues to spend on technology, albeit the Euro zone crisis.
SMEs seem to stay relatively ahead of large businesses in terms of the proportion of ICT spending on hardware and software.
French enterprises are primarily focusing on cost optimization and operational efficiency by adopting several advanced technologies in the form of virtualization and cloud.
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.
French enterprises’ fixed voice and data spending to be gradually replaced by investment in converged voice & data networks as enterprises have already started merging their traditional voice and data networks into one shared infrastructure, to reduce cost on both administrative and operational levels.
Table of Contents
1 Trends in ICT budgets
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 ICT budget allocation by core technology area
1.5 ICT budget allocation by function
1.6 ICT spending by entity
1.7 IT staff distribution
2 Detailed ICT 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 The Government’s support for technological innovation is creating growth opportunities for ICT vendors in France
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: French enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: French enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among French enterprises
Table 4: French enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation in 2012
Table 5: French enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation in 2013
Table 6: French enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2012 and 2013
Table 7: French enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by entity in 2012
Table 8: French enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by entity in 2013
Table 9: Average allocation of full-time IT staff members in French enterprises
Table 10: French enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Table 11: Average allocation of software budgets in the French enterprise market
Table 12: French enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Table 13: French enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Table 14: French enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Table 15: French enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
List Of Figures
Figure 1: French enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: French enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among French enterprises
Figure 4: French enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation in 2012
Figure 5: French enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation in 2013
Figure 6: French enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2012 and 2013
Figure 7: French enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by entity in 2012
Figure 8: French enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by entity in 2013
Figure 9: Average allocation of full-time IT staff members in French enterprises
Figure 10: French enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Figure 11: Average allocation of software budgets in the French enterprise market
Figure 12: French enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Figure 13: French enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Figure 14: French enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Figure 15: French enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
