Synopsis
The ICT investment trends in Switzerland report published by Kable Market Research Market Research presents the findings from a survey of 46 Swiss enterprises regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The report illustrates the core technologies enterprises are investing in, including the likes of security, content management, communications & collaboration, and cloud computing.
Scope
This report presents the findings from a survey of X Swiss enterprises regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how Swiss enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT spend, namely hardware, software, IT services, communications and consulting.
The report illustrates the core technologies enterprises are investing in, including the likes of security, content management, communications & collaboration, and cloud computing. The survey also highlights the approach adopted by enterprises in Switzerland to purchase technology. Through Kable Market Research’s survey, the report aims to provide better insight to ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to enterprises in Switzerland.
In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following:
• Understand how ICT budgets are set to change in 2014 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 Euros are being spent in areas such as the data centre, applications, IT management, and network.
• Gain an understanding regarding which ICT functions Swiss enterprises are interested in outsourcing.
• Identify Swiss enterprises’ investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as mobility, communications & collaboration, green IT & virtualization, and cloud computing.
• Learn about the drivers that are influencing Swiss enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
• Establish how Swiss enterprises’ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
• Gain insight into how Swiss enterprises plan to change their ICT budget allocations across various segments within a technology category.
• Understand the vendor mindshare for various core and advanced technology categories.
• Provides insight into Swiss enterprises’ preferred buying approaches.
• Comprehend the business and IT objectives that Swiss enterprises are looking to achieve through their IT investment strategies.
• Understand the factors that are influencing Swiss enterprises’ decision to select an ICT provider.
Summary
• Kable Market Research’s survey of X Swiss enterprises highlights that X% of respondents are planning to increase their ICT budget in 2014, which is a staggering increase of X% compared to 2013.
• Swiss enterprises are allocating the highest proportion of their hardware budgets to client computing technologies (X%) followed by storage devices (X%) in 2013.
• Swiss enterprises are allocating the highest proportion of their software budgets to application lifecycle (X%) followed by enterprise applications (X%) and information management (X%) in 2013.
Reasons To Buy
• This report will help readers to understand how Switzerland enterprise ICT landscape is set to change in 2014.
• Gain a view as to how ICT Euros are being allocated in your target audience.
• The report covers a detailed breakdown of the opportunities within each of the core areas of ICT spend (hardware, software, IT services, telecommunications & consulting.)
• The report will help users to gain a view of the current strategic objectives of Swiss enterprises.
• The report will provide a detailed breakdown of the opportunities within selected technology categories (security, content management, communications & collaboration, and cloud computing).
• Understand the factors that are influencing Swiss enterprises’ decision to select an ICT provider.
• Gain a view as to the business and IT objectives Swiss enterprises are looking to achieve through their ICT investment strategies.
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
1.4.1 Hardware budget breakdown
1.4.2 Software budget breakdowns
1.4.3 Third party IT services expenditure
1.4.4 Telecommunications budget
1.5 ICT budget allocation by function
1.6 Outsourced IT functions
2 ICT investment priorities and vendor mindshare
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Core technology investment priorities
2.2.1 Security
2.2.2 Content management
2.2.3 Communications and collaboration
2.2.4 Cloud computing solutions
3 ICT procurement trends
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Purchasing channels
3.3 Business objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.4 IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.5 ICT provider selection
4 Summary
4.1 Investment in core and advanced technologies is set to be the main focus of Swiss enterprises
5 Appendix
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Further reading
5.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Swiss enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Swiss enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Swiss enterprises
Table 4: Swiss enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014
Table 5: Swiss enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Table 6: Swiss enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Table 7: Swiss enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Table 8: Swiss enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Table 9: Swiss enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
Table 10: Swiss enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014
Table 11: Outsourced IT functions - Swiss enterprises’ current and future outsourcing priorities
Table 12: Current and future investment priorities of Swiss enterprises across core technologies
Table 13: Security – Swiss enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Security – vendor mindshare amongst Swiss enterprises
Table 15: Content management – Swiss enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 16: Content management – vendor mindshare amongst Swiss enterprises
Table 17: Communication and collaboration – Swiss enterprises’ current and future investment priorities...
Table 18: Communications and collaboration – vendor mindshare amongst Swiss enterprises
Table 19: Cloud computing solutions – Swiss enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 20: Cloud computing solutions – vendor mindshare amongst Swiss enterprises
Table 21: Swiss enterprises' preferred approach to buying technologies
Table 22: Business objectives which influence Swiss enterprises' IT investment strategy
Table 23: IT objectives which influence Swiss enterprises' IT investment strategy
Table 24: Factors influencing Swiss enterprises' decision to choose an ICT provider
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Swiss enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Swiss enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Swiss enterprises
Figure 4: Swiss enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014
Figure 5: Swiss enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Figure 6: Swiss enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Figure 7: Swiss enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Figure 8: Swiss enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Figure 9: Swiss enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
Figure 10: Swiss enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014
Figure 11: Outsourced IT functions - Swiss enterprises’ current and future outsourcing priorities
Figure 12: Current and future investment priorities of Swiss enterprises across core technologies
Figure 13: Security – Swiss enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Security – vendor mindshare amongst Swiss enterprises
Figure 15: Content management – Swiss enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 16: Content management – vendor mindshare amongst Swiss enterprises
Figure 17: Communications and collaboration – Swiss enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 18: Communications and collaboration – vendor mindshare amongst Swiss enterprises
Figure 19: Cloud computing solutions – Swiss enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 20: Cloud computing solutions – vendor mindshare amongst Swiss enterprises
Figure 21: Swiss enterprises' preferred approach to buying technologies
Figure 22: Business objectives which influence Swiss enterprises' IT investment strategy
Figure 23: IT objectives which influence Swiss enterprises' IT investment strategy
Figure 24: Factors influencing Swiss enterprises' decision to choose an ICT provider
