Understanding enterprises' technology priorities H2 2007 (Customer Focus): Industry

Understanding enterprises' technology priorities H2 2007 (Customer Focus)

Published Date: April 2008

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DATAMONITOR VIEW: CATALYST; SUMMARY; ANALYSIS; Security has the highest penetration but first time investments will be minimal; Over 90% of enterprises have deployed security technologies; Enterprise applications, IT systems management and content management also have high penetration; Mobility, business intelligence and voice/data convergence markets will see the most organic growth; The outlook is positive for enterprise applications vendors; Enterprises will be making the most investments in enterprise applications and content management; The rate of investment is increasing for mobility, BI and voice/data convergence; CRM and document management will receive a number of first-time and repeat investments; The technologies which will receive the most investments in the medium term are CRM and ERP; ERP and document management will also achieve high levels of greenfield investments; Product lifecycle management will receive the highest volume of greenfield investments; The outsourcing of technologies is likely to increase over the next two years, albeit slowly; The number of enterprises that outsource will increase in the next two years; Security and enterprise applications are the most popular technologies for outsourcing; Many enterprises are making large investments in enterprise applications; Over a third of enterprises made enterprise applications their largest IT project in 2007; Priorities for enterprises' IT projects understandably varies by industry; SUMMARY; Applications remain enterprises' leading technology priority in 2007
APPENDIX: Additional Data; Definitions; Methodology; Further reading; Ask the analyst; Datamonitor consulting; Disclaimer
List of Tables: Table 1: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years?; Table 2: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years?; Table 3: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years?; Table 4: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years?; Table 5: Which of the following technology areas do you outsource now, or are you considering outsourcing in the next 6 months? 2 years?; Table 6: How much investment are you making in your single biggest IT project in budget year 2007? Which technology area does this fall under?; Table 7: Which technology area does your single biggest IT project fall under in budget year 2007?; Table 8: Which of the following technologies do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years?
List of Figures: Figure 1: Security has the highest penetration of the technologies under analysis; Figure 2: Enterprise applications and content management will receive the most investments; Figure 3: CRM and ERP will be receiving the highest number of investments in 6-24 months times; Figure 4: Product lifecycle management will receive the most greenfield investments; Figure 5: Security technologies and enterprise applications are the most outsourced; Figure 6: Over a third of enterprises invested in enterprise applications as their largest IT project in 2007; Figure 7: Fewer government and educational institutions have applications as the largest IT project