ICT Priorities in the UK - Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013

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ICT Priorities in the UK - Enterprise ICT
investment plans to 2013

• Bharat Book Bureau

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Summary

• Product SynopsisThis report presents the
  findings from a survey of 136 UK enterprises
  regarding their Information Communication
  Technology (ICT) investment priorities. The
  survey investigates the core technologies which
  UK enterprises are investing in, including the
  likes of enterprise applications, security,
  mobility, communications collaboration, and
  Cloud Computing Introduction and LandscapeWhy
  was the report written?In order to provide
  deeper insights into UK enterprises ICT
  investment priorities and strategic objectives.

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• What is the current market landscape and
  what is changing?Apart from investing on core
  technologies such as security and enterprise
  applications, UK firms are also expected to
  channel their investments to advanced
  technologies such as mobility and cloud
  computing.What are the key drivers behind
  recent market changes?While increasing employee
  productivity and rising operational efficiency is
  fuelling the adoption of enterprise mobility,
  demand for cloud computing is driven by factors
  such as lowering cost and complexity.
• What makes this report unique and essential
  to read?Kable Global ICT Intelligence has
  invested significant resources in order to
  interview CIOs and IT managers about their ICT
  investment priorities. Very few IT analyst houses
  will have interviewed 130 ICT decision makers in
  the UK market in H2 2012.

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• Key Features and BenefitsRecognize UK
  enterprises strategic objectives with regards to
  their ICT investments.Identify UK enterprises
  investment priorities based on their budget
  allocations across core technology categories
  such as enterprise applications, security,
  mobility, communications collaboration, and
  Cloud Computing, etc.Learn about the drivers
  that are influencing UK enterprises investments
  in each technology category.Establish how UK
  enterprises ICT budgets are currently allocated
  across various segments within a technology
  category.Gain insight into how UK enterprises
  plan to change their ICT budget allocations
  across various segments within a technology
  category.

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• Key Market IssuesKables survey shows
  that despite the continuing economic uncertainty
  putting pressure on ICT budgets, security is
  expected to remain a key priority amongst UK
  enterprises.The increasing complexity of ICT
  infrastructure and the need for its effective
  management is driving the demand for IT systems
  management, which is made apparent from the
  survey, where X of enterprises are already
  investing in this technology and Y of
  enterprises are planning investments in the
  coming two years.Enterprises believe that video
  conferencing solutions decrease carbon footprint
  by reducing the amount of travel, thereby aiding
  organizations which are geographically
  dispersed.Despite the uncertain economic
  conditions across Europe and the UK governments
  large-scale austerity measures to reduce public
  sector ICT spend, the vast majority of
  respondents from Kables survey have hinted that
  their ICT budgets will remain at the same level
  or witness an increase in 2013, compared to
  2012.Mobile enterprise applications will allow
  employees to access and interact with real-time
  data on handheld devices, which accelerates the
  pace of decision-making, improves operations, and
  increases employee productivity.

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• Key HighlightsThe enterprise applications
  segment is expected to receive considerable
  investments in the next two years, as X of UK
  enterprises are planning further investments in
  this domain.Enterprises are inclined to make
  investments in analytics as it enables them to
  solve business problems, which is evident from
  the survey, where X of enterprises are planning
  further investments in this domain.E-mail
  Archiving and Document Management are the most
  widely used ECM technologies in the UK, with
  penetration rates of X and X respectively.Enter
  prises increasing concerns over environmental
  sustainability and reducing their carbon
  footprint is driving the demand for technologies
  such as green IT and virtualization.According to
  Kables survey, X and X of respondents plan to
  invest in hybrid cloud and private cloud,
  respectively , as a means to move and run their
  legacy applications in a virtual environment, add
  scalability and provide flexibility with regards
  to workload location, thereby reducing overall
  enterprise costs.

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Table of Contents

• 1 Enterprise ICT investment trends1.1
  Introduction1.2 Survey demographics1.3 ICT
  budget changes1.4 Strategic objectives1.5 Core
  technology investment priorities2 Detailed ICT
  investment priorities2.1 Introduction2.2
  Enterprise Applications2.3 Business
  Intelligence2.4 Security2.5 Content
  Management2.6 Mobility

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• 2.7 IT Systems Management2.8 Communications
  Collaboration
• 2.9 Green IT Virtualization2.1 Cloud
  Computing solutions3 Summary3.1 Despite the
  continuing economic slowdown, UK enterprises are
  prioritizing ICT investments in core as well as
  advanced technologies4 Appendix4.1
  Definitions4.2 Further reading4.3 Contact the
  authors

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