Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 156 US enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) budgets and staff allocation. The survey investigates how US enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT spend, namely hardware, software, IT services, communications and consulting.
Scope
Understand how ICT budgets are set to change in 2013 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 dollars are being spent in areas such as the data centre, applications, IT management and the network.
Establish how IT staff are typically allocated within US organizations.
Gain insight into with whom US enterprises plan to spend their ICT dollars.
Summary
Why was the report written?
In order to provide a depth of insight into ICT vendors’ and service providers’ potential customers
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
The US enterprise IT market for business and purchases of technology goods and services is seeing slow yet positive growth and this will continue in 2012-13
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Spending on IT in the second half of 2012 was more consistent due to a gradual improvement in the US economy from the macroeconomic crisis.
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 Budgets. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 150+ ICT decision makers in the US market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Enterprise IT spending is anticipated to follow an upward trend after recovering from the macroeconomic debt crisis.
US businesses are expected to remain cautious in 2013, but there is clearly pent-up demand for ICT investment on projects delayed as a result of the economic situation.
In 2013, US enterprises are most likely to reduce their hardware expenditure and increase their spending on software and services.
The gradual increase in popularity of hosted data centres and cloud infrastructures as a measure of cost reduction, means that there is huge scope for the providers of hosted data centres, end-user computing and network infrastructure.
Kable Market Research’s recent survey shows that the largest proportion of IT staff members has been resourced on applications, as US enterprises place a firm emphasis on ensuring that their business critical applications are operating well.
Table of Contents
1 Trends in ICT budgets
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 IT budget changes
1.4 IT budget allocation by core technology area
1.5 IT budget allocation by function
1.6 IT spending by entity
1.7 IT staff distribution
2 Detailed IT budget allocations
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Hardware budget breakdown
2.3 Software budget breakdowns
2.4 Third party IT Services expenditure
2.5 Telecommunications budget
3 Summary
3.1 US enterprises are raising IT spending, albeit at a tentative and modest pace
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: US enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: US enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among US enterprises
Table 4: US enterprises' (external) ICT budget allocation in 2012
Table 5: US enterprises' (external) ICT budget allocation in 2013
Table 6: US enterprises' ICT budget allocation by function, 2012 and 2013
Table 7: US enterprises' IT budget allocation by entity in 2012
Table 8: US enterprises' IT budget allocation by entity in 2013
Table 9: Average allocation of full-time IT staff members in US enterprises
Table 10: US enterprises' average hardware budget allocation
Table 11: Average allocation of software budgets in the US enterprise market
Table 12: US enterprises' average software budget allocation by technology
Table 13: US enterprises' average IT services budget allocation
Table 14: US enterprises' average IT consulting services budget allocation
Table 15: US enterprises' average telecommunications budget allocation
List Of Figures
Figure 1: US enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: US enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among US enterprises
Figure 4: US enterprises' (external) ICT budget allocation in 2012
Figure 5: US enterprises' (external) ICT budget allocation in 2013
Figure 6: US enterprises' ICT budget allocation by function, 2012 and 2013
Figure 7: US enterprises' IT budget allocation by entity in 2012
Figure 8: US enterprises' IT budget allocation by entity in 2013
Figure 9: Average allocation of full-time IT staff members in US enterprises
Figure 10: US enterprises' average hardware budget allocation
Figure 11: Average allocation of software budgets in the US enterprise market
Figure 12: US enterprises' average software budget allocation by technology
Figure 13: US enterprises' average IT services budget allocation
Figure 14: US enterprises' average IT consulting services budget allocation
Figure 15: US enterprises' average telecommunications budget allocation
