Summary ICT investment trends in Singapore and Malaysia presents the findings from a survey of 56 Singaporean and Malaysian (SandM) enterprises regarding their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how SandM enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting. Key Findings - ICT expenditure is expected to follow an upward trend among SandM enterprises, as X% of enterprises in the region are planning to invest in various ICT domains in 2015, which is an increase of X% of respondents, compared to 2014 - SaaS and public cloud lead in the list of cloud computing technologies among SandM enterprises, as enterprises look forward to reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO) by cutting on their software development, integration, and installation costs - Specific functionality expertise/depth remains the most important criteria when choosing an ICT provider Synopsis The report illustrates the core technologies enterprises are investing in, including enterprise application, business intelligence, and security products. Understand the approach adopted by enterprises in... Research Beam Model: Research Beam Product ID: 322269 2995 USD New
ICT investment trends in Singapore and Malaysia; Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2016 - Research Beam
 
 

ICT investment trends in Singapore and Malaysia; Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2016

  • Category : ICT & Media
  • Published On : July   2015
  • Pages : 28
  • Publisher : Kable Market Research
 
 
 
Summary
ICT investment trends in Singapore and Malaysia presents the findings from a survey of 56 Singaporean and Malaysian (SandM) enterprises regarding their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how SandM enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting.

Key Findings
- ICT expenditure is expected to follow an upward trend among SandM enterprises, as X% of enterprises in the region are planning to invest in various ICT domains in 2015, which is an increase of X% of respondents, compared to 2014

- SaaS and public cloud lead in the list of cloud computing technologies among SandM enterprises, as enterprises look forward to reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO) by cutting on their software development, integration, and installation costs

- Specific functionality expertise/depth remains the most important criteria when choosing an ICT provider

Synopsis
The report illustrates the core technologies enterprises are investing in, including enterprise application, business intelligence, and security products. Understand the approach adopted by enterprises in Singapore and Malaysia to purchase technology and get a better insight into ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to enterprises in Singapore and Malaysia.

In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following:

- How ICT budgets are set to change in 2015 in terms of their overall size

- Allocation across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications, and consulting

- Distribution of ICT money in areas such as data centers, applications, IT management, and the networks

- Which ICT functions SandM enterprises are interested in outsourcing

- SandM enterprises' investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as enterprise applications, business intelligence, and security products

- Factors that are influencing SandM enterprises' investments in each technology category

- How SandM enterprises' IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category

- SandM enterprises' distribution of their ICT budget across various segments within a technology category

- Vendor satisfaction ratings for various core and advanced technology categories

- Insight into SandM enterprises' preferred buying approaches

- Business and IT objectives that SandM enterprises are looking to achieve through their IT investment strategies

- Factors that are influencing SandM enterprises' decisions to select an ICT provider

Reasons To Buy
- Understand how the SandM enterprise ICT landscape is set to change in 2015 to prioritize your target market

- Comprehend how ICT money is being allocated by SandM enterprises in specific verticals and size bands to improve your market penetration

- Make effective business decisions by recognizing the opportunities within each of the core areas of ICT spend (hardware, software, IT services, telecommunications, and consulting)

- Realign your sales initiatives by understanding the current strategic objectives of SandM enterprises

- Enhance your market segmentation with the included, detailed breakdown of opportunities within selected technology categories (enterprise application, business intelligence and security products)

- Prioritize your focus areas by understanding which factors are influencing SandM enterprises' decisions when selecting an ICT provider

- Understand the changes in customers' priorities and identify the business and IT objectives that SandM enterprises are looking to achieve through their ICT investment strategies
Table Of Contents
1 Trends in ICT budgets
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 ICT budget allocation by core technology area
1.4.1 Hardware budget breakdown
1.4.2 Software budget breakdowns
1.4.3 Third party IT services expenditure
1.4.4 Cloud computing budget
1.5 ICT budget allocation by function
1.6 Outsourced IT functions
2 ICT investment priorities and vendor satisfaction
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Enterprise applications
2.1.2 Business intelligence
2.1.3 Security products
3 ICT procurement trends
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Business objectives and IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.3 ICT provider selection
4 Summary
4.1 Enterprises in Singapore and Malaysia are giving special emphasis to ICT investments in order to improve their profitability and brand image
5 Appendix
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Further reading
5.3 Contact the authors

List Of Tables
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List Of Figures
Figure 1: SandM enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: SandM enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among SandM enterprises
Figure 4: SandM enterprises (external) ICT budget allocation, 2014 and 2015
Figure 5: SandM enterprises average hardware budget allocation
Figure 6: Average allocation of software budgets in SandM enterprise market
Figure 7: SandM enterprises average IT services budget allocation
Figure 8: SandM enterprises average cloud computing budget allocation by technology
Figure 9: SandM enterprises average cloud computing budget allocation by implementation type
Figure 10: SandM enterprises ICT budget allocation by function, 2014 and 2015
Figure 11: Outsourced IT functions - SandM enterprises current and future outsourcing priorities
Figure 12: Enterprise applications - SandM enterprises current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Enterprise applications - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among SandM enterprises
Figure 14: Business intelligence - SandM enterprises current and future investment priorities
Figure 15: Business intelligence - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among SandM enterprises
Figure 16: Security products - SandM enterprises current and future investment priorities
Figure 17: Security products - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among SandM enterprises
Figure 18: Business objectives and IT objectives which influence SandM enterprises IT investment strategy
Figure 19: Factors influencing SandM enterprises decision to choose an ICT provider
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