Introduction
The key focus of the brief in on drivers of infrastructure investment and the role of outsourcing in this market. The research reveals critical insight into the planned take-up of infrastructure investment and outsourcing illustrating the relationship between investment drivers and openness to outsourcing
Scope
This brief draws on 196 unique interviews with financial services institutions to provide key insight into the infrastructure outsourcing market
Primary interviews with all the main outsourcing vendors operating across the three lines of business and different infrastructure services
Interviews were sourced from across Europe to provide a balanced view of the maturity of different national markets in terms of attitudes and take-up
Report Highlights
The technology investment sentiment is in the process of turning as FSIs are increasingly focusing on business growth and not cost cutting as the sector emerges from the trough of the downturn. Continued cost concerns however will result in few FSIs actually increasing IT budget
While the environment of cost cutting and pressure to invest in new infrastructure should create a considerable opportunity infrastructure outsourcers, the research also reveal that far from all FSIs see outsourcing as a the best option when it comes to addressing long term cost cutting objectives
Despite being the most mature outsourcing market in the financial services technology market, the findings of the research clearly illustrates that there is a great deal of scope for future growth in the segment
Reasons to Purchase
Get a strategic overview of the infrastructure outsourcing opportunity in European financial services and plan strategic direction with confidence
Benefit from Datamonitor's datasets on FSIs infrastructure outsourcing take-up and attitudes to improve customer targeting
Understand the drivers of IT spending and of infrastructure outsourcing in European financial services to improve sales effectiveness