Synopsis of the Series
Publisher's ICT Customer Insight report series illustrates the core
technologies the respective countries are investing in, including enterprise
application, security products, network services, mobility, and cloud
computing. Understand the approach adopted by enterprises to purchase
technology and get a better insight into ICT vendors and services providers
when pitching their solutions to enterprises.
Key Findings from ICT investment trends
in the China
Chinese enterprises are looking towards expansion opportunities, which in turn
is providing impetus to their ICT expenditure across various sectors. Driven by
large-scale government initiatives, cloud computing has become a key area of IT
investment among Chinese enterprises. Enterprises in China are beginning to
make notable investments in mobility technologies, as the need for real-time
communications, improved accessibility of enterprise data, and employee productivity
enhancements are growing.
Key Findings from ICT investment trends
in the US
Most ICT decision makers in the US enterprises are planning to increase their
ICT budget in 2015, owing to the sustainment of a stable political and economic
environment and rising interest of US enterprises in areas such as mobility and
communications and collaboration. The need for real-time communications,
improved access to enterprise data, and increasing employee productivity are
the key drivers behind US enterprises' adoption of BYOD (bring your own device)
and enterprise mobility solutions. Furthermore, the growing interest of US
enterprises in collaborative tools, business intelligence solutions, and mobile
applications is resulting in increasing investments in software in 2015
Each report provides an in-depth
analysis of the following:
- How ICT
budgets are set to change in 2015 in terms of their overall size
- Allocation
across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services,
communications, and consulting
- Distribution
of ICT Euros in areas such as data centers, applications, IT management, and
the networks
- Which ICT
functions' enterprises are interested in outsourcing?
- Factors
that are influencing enterprises' investments in each technology category
- How each
country's enterprises' IT budgets are currently allocated across various
segments within a technology category
- Vendor
satisfaction ratings for various core and advanced technology categories
- Business and IT objectives that enterprises are looking to achieve through their IT investment strategies
- Factors that are influencing each country's enterprises' decisions to select an ICT provider