Western Europe, Education Sector, IT Infrastructure Investment Plans: An IDC Survey:

Western Europe, Education Sector, IT Infrastructure Investment Plans: An IDC Survey

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: September 2006
Product Code: R104-36108

Description

Education IT executives will be confronted with the need to balance security, availability, and risk of fragmentation of systems with maximum openness of systems to foster knowledge sharing.

In this study IDC provides an analysis of results of the IDC 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 new infrastructure technology investment plans, is the fourth of a series of studies that includes analysis of enterprise solution adoption and investment plans, analysis of industry-specific solution adoption and investment plans, and analysis of IS budget.

"IT vendors that want to get a share of hardware and software infrastructure investments must offer datacenter infrastructure rationalization, and build offering for communication infrastructure convergence around cost savings," 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

Broadband Infrastructure Supports Knowledge Sharing

Future Outlook

Executives Will Rationalize Infrastructure

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Investment Plans in Infrastructure and Middleware Technologies

Voice Over IP Will Reach School and University Campuses

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Investment Plans in VoIP

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Type of VoIP Planned to Be Implemented in 12 months

Figure: Western Europe, Education Sector, Reasons for Adopting VoIP

Essential Guidance

Vendors Must Help School and Universities Rationalize Infrastructure

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Synopsis

Ordering and More Information

Price and Delivery Options

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