Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 136 UK enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which UK enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing
Scope
Recognize UK enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify UK 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 UK enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how UK enterprises’ ICT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how UK enterprises plan to change their ICT budget allocations across various segments within a technology category.
Summary
Why was the report written?
In order to provide deeper insights into UK enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Apart from investing on core technologies such as security and enterprise applications, UK firms are also expected to channel their investments to advanced technologies such as mobility and cloud computing.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
While increasing employee productivity and rising operational efficiency is fuelling the adoption of enterprise mobility, demand for cloud computing is driven by factors such as lowering cost and complexity.
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 ICT investment priorities. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 130+ ICT decision makers in the UK market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Kable Market Research’s survey shows that despite the continuing economic uncertainty putting pressure on ICT budgets, security is expected to remain a key priority amongst UK enterprises.
The increasing complexity of ICT infrastructure and the need for its effective management is driving the demand for IT systems management, which is made apparent from the survey, where X% of enterprises are already investing in this technology and Y% of enterprises are planning investments in the coming two years.
Enterprises believe that video conferencing solutions decrease carbon footprint by reducing the amount of travel, thereby aiding organizations which are geographically dispersed.
Despite the uncertain economic conditions across Europe and the UK government’s large-scale austerity measures to reduce public sector ICT spend, the vast majority of respondents from Kable Market Research’s survey have hinted that their ICT budgets will remain at the same level or witness an increase in 2013, compared to 2012.
Mobile enterprise applications will allow employees to access and interact with real-time data on handheld devices, which accelerates the pace of decision-making, improves operations, and increases employee productivity.
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 Despite the continuing economic slowdown, UK enterprises are prioritizing ICT investments in core as well as advanced technologies
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: UK enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: UK enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among UK enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of UK enterprises
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of UK enterprises across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise Applications – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business Intelligence – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content Management – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & Collaboration – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT & Virtualization – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: UK enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: UK enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among UK enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of UK enterprises
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of UK enterprises across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise Applications – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business Intelligence – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content Management – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & Collaboration – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT & Virtualization – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – UK enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
