Understanding IT budget trends H2 2007 (Customer Focus): Industry Research Report

Understanding IT budget trends H2 2007 (Customer Focus)

Published Date: April 2008

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DATAMONITOR VIEW: CATALYST; 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
APPENDIX: Additional Demographic Information; Methodology; Further reading; Ask the analyst; Datamonitor consulting; Disclaimer
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