“• As the Eurozone’s second biggest economy, France continues to be a major contributor towards ICT investments
• Changing customer demands and the need to achieve differentiation in their products and services is further pushing French enterprises to invest in the leading ICT segments of hardware, software, and services
• Price and specific functionality expertise remain the most important criteria while selecting an ICT provider”
“Executive summary
Survey demographics
ICT budgets changes
ICT budget allocation by core technology area
Hardware budget breakdown
Software budget breakdowns
Third party IT services expenditure
Cloud computing budget
ICT budget allocation by function
Outsourced IT functions
ICT investment priorities and vendor satisfaction
IT systems management
Green IT & virtualization
Cloud computing
Business and IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
ICT provider selection
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