Understanding IT budget trends H2 2007 (Customer Focus)

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SUMMARY

ANALYSIS

The priority for enterprises in 2007 is standardizing infrastructure technologies

Enterprises' leading strategic goals are standardizing and simplifying systems

Although offshoring and outsourcing are not a priority for the majority, there are regional variations

Delivering new business functionality and raising efficiency are also important

The majority of IT budgets will remain flat or increase in 2008

A high proportion of enterprises' IT budgets will remain flat in 2008

Enterprises in Spain, Benelux and Australia are more likely to increase their IT budgets in 2008

Enterprises in financial industries are the most likely to be increasing their IT budgets

There are very few changes in the way IT budgets are split by entity

Hardware and software still comprise over 60% of enterprises IT budgets

Enterprises in the media industry are spending a higher proportion of their IT budget on hardware in 2007

Enterprises continue to place importance on internal development and maintenance

The in-house team has slightly more weight when addressing IT issues

The proportion of enterprises' IT budgets spent on internal development has increased slightly

Enterprises in France and Australia spend a greater proportion of their IT budgets on internal development

SUMMARY

There are few significant changes expected in IT budget expenditure in 2008

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List of Tables

Table 1: What are your major strategic goals for 2007 (Please rate 1-4, where 1 is uninfluential and 4 is highly influential)?

Table 2: Please rate the importance of the following objectives to your IT investment strategy in 2007 (where 1 = not an objective and 4 = top priority objective)

Table 3: How has your IT budget grown or shrunk from 2006-7, how do you expect it to change in 2007-8?

Table 4: How do you expect your IT budget to change in 2007-8?

Table 5: How do you expect your IT budget to change in 2007-8?

Table 6: How are you spending your (external) IT budget this year?

Table 7: How are you spending your (external) IT budget this year?

Table 8: Which type of provider are you most likely to approach first to address your organization's IT needs? Rate 1-4 (1 = unlikely, 4 = highly likely)

Table 9: With whom are you spending your IT budget in 2007?

Table 10: With whom are you spending your IT budget in 2007?

Table 11: What is your estimated 2007 IT budget to the nearest $m?

Table 12: What is your estimated 2007 IT budget to the nearest $m?

List of Figures

Figure 1: Enterprises rated standardizing infrastructure technologies as their major strategic goal

Figure 2: Raising efficiency and delivering new functionality are enterprises' top objectives

Figure 3: Enterprises' IT budgets are most likely to stay the same next year

Figure 4: Enterprises in France and Germany are least likely to be increasing their IT budgets

Figure 5: A higher proportion of enterprises in financial industries are increasing their IT budgets next year

Figure 6: IT budget splits by entity have changed slightly from 2006

Figure 7: Enterprises in the media industry spend a higher proportion of their IT budget on hardware

Figure 8: Enterprises are most likely to approach their in-house team to address their IT needs

Figure 9: Enterprises spend a larger proportion of their budgets internally

Figure 10: Enterprises in France and Australia spend a greater proportion of their budgets internally

Figure 11: IT budget variations for the survey sample by geography

Figure 12: IT budget variations for the survey sample by industry