Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 58 Belgian enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which Belgian enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
Scope
Recognize Belgian enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify Belgian 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 Belgian enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how Belgian enterprises’ ICT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how Belgian 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 Belgian enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
While Belgian enterprises are continuously investing in enterprises application and security solutions, mobility and green IT technologies are also gaining momentum.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
European Union’s (EU) increasing emphasis on sustainability and enterprises’ focus on improving productivity are driving the adoption of such 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 ICT investment priorities. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 50+ ICT decision makers in the Belgian market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
To reduce the effect of such attacks Belgian enterprises have started putting a lot of effort around developing stringent security norms and policies along with the adoption of various security and authentication technologies.
HR management applications segment and CRM applications are likely to witness a slow growth in investment, with only X % and X% of Belgian enterprises looking to invest in this space in the next 24 months.
Belgian enterprises are continuously spending on content management solutions like data warehousing/marts, analytics, real-time business intelligence.
With an increasing number of enterprises and employees showing their inclination towards mobile devices and the BYOD model, the adoption of tablet computing and other mobility solutions is gaining momentum in the Belgian market.
Belgian enterprises are continuously looking to adopt conferencing technologies to speed up decision-making and reduce travel and associated costs, as they are under a lot of pressure to improve their cost-structure and profitability.
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 With persisting economic uncertainty, Belgian enterprises are making cautious investments in their core ICT infrastructure
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Belgian enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Belgian enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Belgian enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of Belgian enterprises
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of Belgian enterprises across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise Applications – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business Intelligence – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content Management – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & Collaboration – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT & Virtualization – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Belgian enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Belgian enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Belgian enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of Belgian enterprises
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of Belgian enterprises across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise Applications – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business Intelligence – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content Management – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & Collaboration – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT & Virtualization – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – Belgian enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
