Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 119 Mexican enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which Mexican enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
Scope
Recognize Mexican enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify Mexican 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 Mexican enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how Mexican enterprises’ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how Mexican 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 Mexican enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
Mexican enterprises are still improving their core business operations with IT implementations which is evident from Kable Market Research’s survey where enterprises’ spending is mainly focused on IT systems management, enterprise applications and security. New and advanced technologies such as mobility and cloud computing are also slowly gaining traction among Mexican enterprises.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
The demand for cloud technologies is fuelled by factors such as reducing the cost of managing and maintaining IT systems, improving business agility and datacentre consolidation.
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 110+ ICT decision makers in the Mexican market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Increasing incidents of data loss and network intrusions are driving the demand for security technologies such as Identity & Access Management (IAM), Database security and End-point security which is evident from the survey where the majority X% of Mexican enterprises have already made investments in these technologies.
Mexican enterprises are expecting increasing investments in CRM and customer lifecycle management solutions in the next twenty-four months indicating that indicating their increasing customer focus and intentions to understand customer needs and preferences.
Mexican enterprises’ desire to become environmentally sustainable is expected to drive investments in Green IT and virtualization technologies
The adoption of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to work is still not very popular among Mexican enterprises and the penetration of devices such as smartphones and tablets is low compared to other developed and developing countries.
Cloud computing is growing in acceptance, as is apparent from Kable Market Research’s survey where X% are planning to make investments in this technology. Private cloud and Hybrid cloud are still at an emerging stage of enterprise adoption; however, demand is expected to take an upward trend, with an expected X% growth in the penetration rate of Private cloud and Hybrid cloud through to the end of 2014.
Table of Contents
1 Enterprise ICT investment trends
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 IT 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 The emerging Mexican enterprise IT market is presenting opportunities to IT vendors who are offering both core and advanced technologies
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Mexican enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Mexican enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Mexican enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of Mexican enterprises
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of Mexican enterprises across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise Applications – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business Intelligence – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content Management – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & Collaboration – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT & Virtualization – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Mexican enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Mexican enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Mexican enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of Mexican enterprises
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of Mexican enterprises across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise Applications – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business Intelligence – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content Management – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & Collaboration – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT & Virtualization – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – Mexican enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
