Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 156 US enterprises regarding their Information & Communication Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The survey investigates the core technologies which US enterprises are investing in, including the likes of enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing.
Scope
Recognize US enterprises’ strategic objectives with regards to their ICT investments.
Identify US enterprises’ investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as enterprise applications, security, mobility, communications & collaboration, and Cloud Computing, etc. Have made the changes straight into the document from now on.
Learn about the drivers that are influencing US enterprises’ investments in each technology category.
Establish how US enterprises’ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category.
Gain insight into how US 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 US enterprises’ ICT investment priorities and strategic objectives.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
While spending on core technologies still remains a top priority, US enterprises are also expected to make significant investments in advanced technologies in 2012-13.
What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Increasing adoption of social , mobile, and cloud based technologies is shaping the course of ICT investments within US enterprises. ‘adoption of’
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 US market in H2 2012.
Reasons To Buy
US enterprises are trying to balance their ICT spend between core and discretionary technology categories.
US enterprises’ primary strategic objective is to improve the security and privacy of their IT infrastructure, resulting in higher demand for related products and services.
US enterprises are most likely to increase their spending on CRM and marketing automation solutions.
Adoption of virtualization, green IT and cloud based technologies is expected to rise amongst US enterprises as they look for ways to reduce their overall IT costs.
In 2013, trends such as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to work, enterprise social networking and access to enterprise content on the go (web content management) are expected to gain more popularity.
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 US enterprises are trying to balance their ICT spend between core and discretionary technology categories
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors
List Of Tables
Table 1: US enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: US enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among US enterprises
Table 4: Current strategic objectives of US enterprises
Table 5: US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities across core technologies
Table 6: Enterprise Applications – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 7: Business Intelligence – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 8: Security – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 9: Content Management – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 10: Mobility – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 11: IT systems management – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 12: Communications & Collaboration – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Green IT & Virtualization – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Cloud computing solutions – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
List Of Figures
Figure 1: US enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: US enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among US enterprises
Figure 4: Current strategic objectives of US enterprises
Figure 5: US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities across core technologies
Figure 6: Enterprise Applications – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 7: Business Intelligence – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 8: Security – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 9: Content Management – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 10: Mobility – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 11: IT systems management – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 12: Communications & Collaboration – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Green IT & Virtualization – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Cloud computing solutions – US enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
