Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 45 Norwegian enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which Norwegian enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
Scope
Recognize Norwegian enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify Norwegian 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 Norwegian enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how Norwegian enterprises’ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how Norwegian 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 Norwegian enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
With country’s productivity increasing significantly, the use of technology is also gaining momentum and enterprises are continuously looking to adopt green IT & virtualization and cloud computing solutions.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Enterprises’ need to reduce costs, enhance operational efficiencies, and achieve sustainability is driving the adoption of disruptive technologies.
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 Norwegian market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Norwegian enterprises are continuously looking to standardize across technologies, data, and processes in order to reduce the complexity of their operations.
Norwegian enterprises’ primary strategic objective is to improve the security and privacy of their IT infrastructure, resulting in higher demand for related products and services.
Content management is going to witness strong growth, with X% of Norwegian enterprises planning to invest in this area in the coming 24 months.
Adoption of virtualization, green IT and cloud based technologies is expected to rise amongst Norwegian enterprises as they look for ways to reduce their overall IT costs.
The difficult economic conditions are forcing Norwegian enterprises to look for means to improve their productivity and growth, which is in turn driving the adoption of mobility solutions such as tablet computing and device management.
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 Norway’s strong economic growth is providing impetus to the adoption of advanced technologies such as cloud and tablet computing
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Norwegian enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Norwegian enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Norwegian enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of Norwegian enterprises
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of Norwegian enterprises across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise applications – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business intelligence – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content management – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & collaboration – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT & virtualization – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud Computing solutions – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Norwegian enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Norwegian enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Norwegian enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of Norwegian enterprises
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of Norwegian enterprises across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise applications – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business intelligence – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content management – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & collaboration – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT & virtualization – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud Computing solutions – Norwegian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities.....
