Report Overview
Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 163+ Spanish enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which Spanish enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
Scope
Recognize Spanish enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify Spanish 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 Spanish enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how Spanish enterprises’ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how Spanish 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 Spanish enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
With the economy not showing any signs of recovery in the near future, most enterprises in Spain are holding back their ICT investments in 2013.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
While Spanish enterprises are looking at investments in IT systems management to counter the increasing complexity of their ICT infrastructure, the need to enhance business performance to new levels and improve processes is expected to shape the demand for technologies such as communications and collaboration, mobility, and BI solutions.
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 163+ ICT decision makers in the Spanish market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
Few of Spanish enterprises expect their IT spending to either remain flat in 2013, indicating that the ongoing economic crisis in Spain is forcing enterprises to hold back their ICT investments.
New business models involving the proliferation of mobile devices and the increased adoption of cloud applications are driving the demand for security solutions.
The use of CRM solutions is on the rise in enterprises across all industry verticals in Spain, with X% of respondents having already made investments in this technology and X% planning investments in the next two years.
The need to manage and archive ever-increasing volumes of corporate data in a consistent and compliant manner is driving the demand for enterprise content management (ECM) solutions.
Virtualization is one of most popular green IT solutions amongst Spanish enterprises, as it allows businesses to reduce the capital cost of future purchases, and the operational costs of energy, maintenance, and management.
Table Of Contents
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 Amidst economic slowdown, Spanish enterprises are focusing on streamlining their operations to reduce overall ICT costs
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: Spanish enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Spanish enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Spanish enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of Spanish enterprises
Table 5: Current and future investment priorities of Spanish enterprises across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise applications – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business Intelligence – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content management – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management– Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & collaboration – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT & virtualization – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: Spanish enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Spanish enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Spanish enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of Spanish enterprises
Figure 5: Current and future investment priorities of Spanish enterprises across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise applications – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business intelligence – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content management – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & collaboration – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT & virtualization – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – Spanish enterprises’ current and future investment priorities