Abstract
This report provides an analysis of results of the annual IDC Vertical Market
Survey covering France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K. Analysis is focused
on the utilities industry and is based on 99 interviews carried out between
August and November 2007.
The scope of this study is to understand IT budget spending distribution and
patterns evolution, channel selection, and satisfaction with primary IT
suppliers among utility enterprises in Western Europe. This report is one of a
series of studies including the analysis of enterprise and vertical solution
adoption and investment plans.
"Survey data demonstrates that utilities in Western Europe appear to have a
positive outlook for the near future and expect to either increase or keep
their IT budget unchanged (41% and 45% respectively). Only less than 14%
declare that they will decrease it," said Roberta Bigliani, EMEA research
director, Energy Insights. "43% of utilities plan to increase their external IT
spending. In terms of budget allocation, Energy Insights expects cost-cutting
initiatives to continue, and increase will mainly be around routine
infrastructure upgrades. This proves that despite interests in newer
technologies, utilities are still focused on their backbone systems."
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