Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 47 Danish enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which Danish enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and cloud computing.
Scope
Recognize Danish enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify Danish enterprises’ investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and cloud computing, etc.
Learn about the drivers that are influencing Danish enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how Danish enterprises’ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how Danish enterprises plan to change their IT budget allocations across various segments within a technology category.
Summary
Why was the report written?
In order to provide deeper insights into Danish enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Although spending on core technologies still remains a top priority, Danish enterprises are also expected to make significant investments in advanced technologies in 2012-13.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Enterprises are planning investments in enterprise applications and mobility as they are continuously looking to improve their operational efficiency, competitiveness, and productivity.
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 investment priorities. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 40+ ICT decision makers in the Danish market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Danish enterprises are understandably assigning the highest importance to the strategic priority of improving security/privacy, which has an average rating of X on the scale of 1 to 4.
Enterprises in Denmark are planning sizeable investments in data warehousing/marts, with X% of respondents planning investments in this space in the next twenty-four months.
A significant portion of Danish firms are planning to make investments in e-mail archiving primarily fuelled by enterprises’ need to meet compliance regulations.
To minimise systems complexity, X% of enterprises in Denmark are currently investing in IT systems management and X% are planning to invest in this space in the next two years.
The survey shows that printing and paper usage management is the most widely deployed green technology amongst Danish enterprises, as they are focusing on minimising enterprises’ impact on the environment by preserving vital natural resources.
Table of Contents
1 Enterprise ICT investment trends
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 Strategic objectives
1.5 Core technology investment priorities
2 Detailed ICT investment priorities
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Enterprise applications
2.3 Business intelligence
2.4 Security
2.5 Content management
2.6 Mobility
2.7 IT systems management
2.8 Communications & collaboration
2.9 Green IT & virtualization
2.1 Cloud computing solutions
3 Summary
3.1 The prevailing economic slowdown is forcing Danish enterprises to remain cautious with respect to their ICT spending
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Danish enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown 5
Table 2: Danish enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees) 6
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Danish enterprises 7
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of Danish enterprises 9
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of Danish enterprises across core technologies 12
Table 6: Enterprise applications – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 15
Table 7: Business intelligence – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 17
Table 8: Security – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 18
Table 9: Content management – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 20
Table 10: Mobility – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 22
Table 11: IT systems management – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 25
Table 12: Communications & collaboration – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 26
Table 13: Green IT & virtualization – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 29
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 30
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Danish enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown 4
Figure 2: Danish enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees) 5
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Danish enterprises 7
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of Danish enterprises 9
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of Danish enterprises across core technologies 11
Figure 6: Enterprise applications – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 14
Figure 7: Business intelligence – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 16
Figure 8: Security – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 18
Figure 9: Content management – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 20
Figure 10: Mobility – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 22
Figure 11: IT systems management – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 24
Figure 12: Communications & collaboration – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 26
Figure 13: Green IT & virtualization – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 28
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – Danish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities 30
