This report presents the findings from a survey of 128 energy companies regarding their approach to Information & Communications Technology (ICT) procurement. The survey investigates the way that energy companies like to purchase technology, as well as the major IT and business objectives influencing their IT investment strategies.... Research Beam Model: Research Beam Product ID: 110114 1250 USD New
ICT Procurement trends in Energy - Enterprise ICT investment plans
 
 

ICT Procurement trends in Energy - Enterprise ICT investment plans

  • Category : ICT & Media
  • Published On : December   2013
  • Pages : 26
  • Publisher : Kable Market Research
 
 
 
Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 128 energy companies regarding their approach to Information & Communications Technology (ICT) procurement. The survey investigates the way that energy companies like to purchase technology, as well as the major IT and business objectives influencing their IT investment strategies.
Scope
Provides insights into energy companies’ preferred buying approaches.

Comprehend the business objectives that energy companies are looking to achieve through their IT investment strategy.

Appreciate the IT objectives that energy companies are looking to achieve through their IT investment strategy.

Understand the factors that are influencing energy companies’ decision to select an ICT provider.

Understand which organisational roles influence ICT purchasing decisions and signing off budgets.
Summary
Why was the report written?
To highlight the criteria on which energy companies select their ICT providers as well as the roles which have influence while making ICT purchasing decisions.

What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
As energy companies face several legal and regulatory compliance issues, the sector is witnessing a slow adoption of cloud computing. However, hosted deployments are set to gain momentum in the coming months amongst energy companies.

What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Energy companies are gradually moving towards hosted deployment as they realise the benefits this approach brings including flexibility, scalability, and cost savings.

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 Procurement. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 120+ ICT decision makers in the energy industry in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Energy companies are cautious about the deployment of technologies (on-premise or hosted), as they operate in a highly regulated environment. This is further supported by the survey, which reveals that energy companies largely prefer deploying technologies on-site rather than as a hosted service.

The survey results indicate that energy companies are keen to improve their operational efficiencies by streamlining their core business processes. This is evident from Kable Market Research’s survey, where raising efficiency (X) is rated highly in terms of the business objectives influencing energy companies’ IT investments.

The survey shows that the IT objective of ‘use IT to support revenue growth’, is the most important factor influencing IT investment strategies amongst energy companies, with average rating of X on a scale of 1 to 4.

Financial stability is the most important criteria for energy companies in choosing a potential ICT vendor, with the highest rating of X on the scale of 1 to 4. The financial stability of an ICT vendor ensures that it is capable of providing support and maintenance relating to its technology in the future.

The survey finds that the majority of energy companies either have a very complex or a somewhat complex ICT infrastructure.

Table of Contents
1 Enterprise ICT investment trends
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 ICT investment priorities
2 ICT procurement trends
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Purchasing channels
2.3 Business objectives influencing IT investment strategy
2.4 IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
2.5 ICT provider selection
2.6 Influencers
2.7 ICT infrastructure environment complexity
3 Summary
3.1 The energy sector is witnessing a slow adoption of cloud computing as a result of strict regulatory compliance requirements
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors

List Of Tables
Table 1: Energy – enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown
Table 2: Energy – enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among energy companies
Table 4: Current and future investment priorities of energy companies across core technologies
Table 5: Energy companies’ preferred approach to buying technologies
Table 6: Business objectives which influence energy companies’ IT investment strategy
Table 7: IT objectives which influence energy companies’ IT investment strategy
Table 8: Factors influencing energy companies’ decision to choose an ICT provider
Table 9: Influence of organizational roles in making ICT purchasing decisions and signing off budgets
Table 10: Complexity of the ICT infrastructure in energy companies

List Of Figures
Figure 1: Energy – enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown
Figure 2: Energy – enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among energy companies
Figure 4: Current and future investment priorities of energy companies across core technologies
Figure 5: Energy companies’ preferred approach to buying technologies
Figure 6: Business objectives which influence energy companies’ IT investment strategy
Figure 7: IT objectives which influence energy companies’ IT investment strategy
Figure 8: Factors influencing energy companies’ decision to choose an ICT provider
Figure 9: Influence of organizational roles in making ICT purchasing decisions and signing off budgets
Figure 10: Complexity of the ICT infrastructure in energy companies

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