Western Europe, Education Sector, IS Budget Plans: An IDC Survey: Industry Report

Western Europe, Education Sector, IS Budget Plans: An IDC Survey

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: September 2006
Product Code: R104-36105

Description

Education continues to be the "poor relation" in the public sector in Western Europe in terms of priority of allocation of IS budgets, especially when compared to healthcare, which is entering an accelerated modernization path. However, national ministries of education continue to promote growth of total expenditure and IS budgets alike, in order to foster digitization of learning processes and effective sharing of learning experiences.

This study provides an analysis of the results of IDC's Vertical Market Survey carried out in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K. The results are based on 39 interviews in the education market. This study, which analyzes IS budget plans, is the first in a series of studies that include analysis of: enterprise solution adoption and investment plans; industry-specific solution adoption and investment plans; and adoption of new technologies.

"IT vendors will have the opportunity to gain revenue by supporting infrastructure upgrades in the Western European education sector, especially in primary and secondary schools in Spain and the U.K.," said Massimiliano Claps, program manager, Public Sector Research, IDC European Vertical Markets.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Methodology

Conceptual Framework

Sample Design

Sampling Unit: IDC's Economic Entity

Sample Quotas

Table: Vertical Market Quotas

Table: Company Size Quotas

Sample Frame and Sampling Method

Table: Number of Completes by Country

Respondents

Interviews

Questionnaires

Interview Schedule

Confidence Intervals

Weighting

Analysis of the Data

Definitions

Education Market Definition

Situation Overview

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Breakdown of IS Budget by Type of Initiative

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Breakdown of IS Spending Between Internal and External Expenditure

Future Outlook

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Six-Month Outlook

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Total Expenditure Budget Outlook

IS Budget Outlook

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, IS Spending Outlook

Table: Western Europe, Education Sector, Expected Change in IS Spending by Type of Initiative

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Expected Change in Share of External Expenditure

Essential Guidance

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Synopsis

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