Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
SECURITY IN ENERGY 5
Extent to which energy companies currently have or
use security solutions 5
Energy companies that are considering investment
in security solutions in the next 6 months 7
Energy companies that are
considering investment in security solutions in 6 months to 2 years time 9
Energy companies' preferred approach to buying security solutions 11
Size
of investment in single biggest IT project in budget year 2006 13
Area of
investment for single biggest IT project in budget year 2006 15
Technologies that energy companies are currently outsourcing 17
Technologies that energy companies are considering outsourcing in the next 6
months 19
Technologies that energy companies are considering outsourcing
in 6 months to 1 year' s time 21
APPENDIX 23
Breakdown of the
Technology Trends sample by geography 23
Breakdown of the Technology
Trends sample by company size 25
Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample
by company revenue 27
Further reading 29
Ask the analyst 29
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Extent to which energy companies currently
have or use security solutions 5
Figure 2: Energy companies that are
considering investment in security solutions in the next 6 months 7
Figure
3 Energy companies that are considering investment in security solutions in 6
months to 2 years time 9
Figure 4: Energy companies' preferred approach to
buying security solutions 11
Figure 5: Size of investment in single
biggest IT project in budget year 2006 13
Figure 6: Area of investment for
single biggest IT project in budget year 2006 15
Figure 7: Technologies
that energy companies are currently outsourcing 17
Figure 8: Technologies
that energy companies are considering outsourcing in the next 6 months 19
Figure 9: Technologies that energy companies are considering outsourcing in 6
months to 1 year' s time 21
Figure 10: Breakdown of the Technology Trends
sample by geography 23
Figure 11: Breakdown of the Technology Trends
sample by company size 25
Figure 12: Breakdown of the Technology Trends
sample by company revenue 27
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Extent
to which energy companies currently have or use security solutions 6
Table
2: Energy companies that are considering investment in security solutions in
the next 6 months 8
Table 3: Energy companies that are considering
investment in security solutions in 6 months to 2 years time 10
Table 4:
Energy companies' preferred approach to buying security solutions 12
Table
5: Size of investment in single biggest IT project in budget year 2006 14
Table 6: Area of investment for single biggest IT project in budget year 2006
16
Table 7: Technologies that energy companies are currently outsourcing
18
Table 8: Technologies that energy companies are considering outsourcing
in the next 6 months 20
Table 9: Technologies that energy companies are
considering outsourcing in 6 months to 1 year' s time 22
Table 10:
Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by geography 24
Table 11:
Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by company size 26
Table 12:
Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by company revenue 28