Understanding Enterprises' Technology Priorities H1 2007 (Customer Focus)

Table of Contents

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
• CATALYST
• SUMMARY
• ANALYSIS
• There are clear variations in market penetration and level of investment by technology
• The security and enterprise applications markets are almost saturated
• Content management and enterprise applications have the highest number of planned investments
• The majority of investments will be ' brownfield' , independent of the technology area
• Larger enterprises have higher penetration of all technologies
• Enterprises are most likely to invest in ERP, firewalls & VPNs and mobile management
• Firewall & VPN and ERP technologies are set to receive the most investments
• Mobility technologies will receive high levels of greenfield investments
• Enterprise applications are generally still prioritized as enterprises' largest IT project
• Over a third of enterprises are prioritizing enterprise applications for their largest IT investment
• The majority of expenditure on enterprises largest IT projects will be less than $500,000
• Enterprises' priorities vary by industry sector
• The proportion of enterprises that outsource may grow significantly in the next two years
• Enterprise applications and security are the two areas two areas most likely to be outsourced
• There is little variation in enterprises' channel preference by technology
• Enterprises prefer to purchase their solutions direct from a supplier and deploy them on-site
• SUMMARY:
• Enterprises are prioritizing enterprise applications for investments
• 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 2 years?
• Table 4: Which of the following technologies do you currently have or use?
• Table 5: 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 6: 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?
• Table 7: How much investment are you making in your single biggest IT project in budget year 2007? Which technology area does this fall under?
• Table 8: Which technology area does your single biggest IT project in budget year 2007 fall under?
• Table 9: Which of the following technology areas do you outsource now, or are you considering outsourcing in the next 6 months? 2 years?
• Table 10: What is your preferred approach to buying the following technologies?
• Table 11: 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 and enterprise applications markets are close to saturation
• Figure 2: Enterprises are planning most investments in enterprise applications
• Figure 3: The majority of investments will be ' brownfield' in all technologies
• Figure 4: Mobility, business intelligence and convergence are the want of the large enterprise
• Figure 5: Firewall and VPN technologies have the highest penetration and the most planned investments
• Figure 6: ERP and mobile management will have the most greenfield investments in the next two years
• Figure 7: Enterprise applications is the most likely area for enterprises' largest IT projects in 2007
• Figure 8: Enterprises in media and energy are planning the most investments in enterprise applications
• Figure 9: Enterprise applications and security are currently the most outsourced technologies
• Figure 10: Enterprises tend not to use different channels for different technologies