Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 153 French enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which French enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
Scope
Recognize French enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify French 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 French enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how French enterprises’ ICT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how French 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 French enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Although investment in core technologies has been the top priority in recent times, this trend is anticipated to change in the next two years.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
More French enterprises are expected to shift their focus from core technologies to virtualized and cloud infrastructure in order to reduce cost, increase sustainability, enhance business efficiency, and gain hassle free services.
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 150+ ICT decision makers in the French market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Kable Market Research’s survey of ICT leaders finds that IT security and data privacy is the highest priority among the IT management across all French enterprises, with the highest average rating of X on a scale of 1 to 4.
With green IT gaining prominence, CIOs are trying to modify the ICT infrastructures of their organizations by leveraging new optimized technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing, and grid computing.
In the next two years, the trend of prioritizing investment in core business applications is anticipated to remain unchanged in France as enterprises are planning to continue their focus on financials and HR management applications.
Mobility tends to be the area of relatively lower priority amongst enterprises in France, compared to the other core technology areas. The primary reason behind this could be the difficult business conditions accompanied by several IT security challenges.
X% of the survey respondents in France has invested in BI technologies as they focus on achieving competitive advantage and revenue growth. BI enables organizations to improve their decision making capabilities within fairly quick time frames, thereby increasing business agility and improving operational efficiency.
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 Adoption of cloud computing is set to rise among French enterprises as the Government promotes technological innovation
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: French enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: French enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among French enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of French enterprises
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of French enterprises across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise applications – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business intelligence – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content management – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & Collaboration – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT & virtualization – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: French enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: French enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among French enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of French enterprises
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of French enterprises across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise applications – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business intelligence – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content management – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & Collaboration – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT & virtualization – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – French enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
