Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 51 Finnish enterprises regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which Finnish enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
Scope
Recognize Finnish enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify Finnish 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 Finnish enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how Finnish enterprises’ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how Finnish enterprises plan to change their IT budget allocations across various segments within a technology category.
Summary
Why was the report written?
In order to provide deeper insights into Finnish enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Kable Market Research’s survey indicates that Finnish enterprises’ spending is more focused on security, enterprise applications, and content management. However, Kable Market Research expects new and advanced technologies, such as mobility and cloud computing to gain momentum in the next two years.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Finnish enterprises are moving to a cloud infrastructure in order to reduce costs and achieve ease of management.
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 investment priorities. Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 50+ ICT decision makers in the Finnish market in 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Kable Market Research’s survey of CIOs and IT executives finds that most Finnish enterprises consider standardizing infrastructure technologies as one of their most important strategic objectives, with an average rating of X on a scale of 1 to 4.
Kable Market Research’s survey shows that 96% of Finnish enterprises have already made investments in security technologies, and 86% of enterprises are planning to invest in this area in the next two years.
Investments in customer relationship management constitute major proportion of enterprise applications spending in the next two years amongst Finnish enterprises.
Enterprise content management has become a strategic imperative for organisations as a result of exponential rise in volumes of data. Kable Market Research’s survey reveals that with a penetration rate of 98%, ECM is one of the most widely deployed technologies among Finnish enterprises.
Kable Market Research’s survey reveals that only 76% of Finnish enterprises have currently invested in mobility technologies. As mobility solutions enable organisations to reduce costs and improve worker’s productivity, 76% of Finnish enterprises are planning investments in this technology in the next 24 months.
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 Increasing global competition and a focus on innovation continue to propel the usage of ICT among Finnish enterprises
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Finnish enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Finnish enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Finnish enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of Finnish enterprises
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of Finnish enterprises across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise applications – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business intelligence – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content management – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & collaboration – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities..
Table 13: Green IT & Virtualization – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Finnish enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Finnish enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Finnish enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of Finnish enterprises
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of Finnish enterprises across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise applications – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business intelligence – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content management – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & collaboration – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities...
Figure 13: Green IT & virtualization – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – Finnish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
