“• Kable’s survey of 113 pharmaceutical companies highlights that X% of respondents anticipate an increase in their ICT budgets in 2014, which is an increase of X% compared to 2013.
• According to Kable’s survey, pharmaceutical companies are planning to invest X% of their external ICT budgets in hardware, software, and IT services in 2014, which is more than the combined allocation in 2013 (X%).
• Pharmaceutical companies are allocating the highest proportion of their software budgets to application lifecycle management (X%) followed by enterprise applications (X%) and information management (X%) in 2013.”
“1 Trends in ICT budgets
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 ICT budget allocation by core technology area
1.4.1 Hardware budget breakdown
1.4.2 Software budget breakdowns
1.4.3 Third party IT services expenditure
1.4.4 Telecommunications budget
1.5 ICT budget allocation by function
1.6 Outsourced IT functions
2 ICT investment priorities and vendor mindshare
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Business intelligence
2.1.2 Content management
2.1.3 Cloud computing
3 ICT procurement trends
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Business objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.3 IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.4 ICT provider selection
4 Sector-specific trends
4.1 Introduction
4.2 IT spending plans for specific business areas
4.3 Business areas receiving the largest investments
4.4 Business challenges
5 Summary
5.1 Pharmaceuticals are increasingly focusing on IT to remain competitive in the market
6 Appendix
6.1 Definitions
6.2 Further reading
6.3 Contact the authors”
“Table 1: Pharmaceuticals – enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown
Table 2: Pharmaceuticals – enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among pharmaceutical companies
Table 4: Pharmaceutical companies’ (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014
Table 5: Pharmaceutical companies’ average hardware budget allocation
Table 6: Pharmaceutical companies’ average software budget allocation by technology
Table 7: Pharmaceutical companies’ average IT services budget allocation
Table 8: Pharmaceutical companies’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Table 9: Pharmaceutical companies’ average telecommunications budget allocation
Table 10: Pharmaceutical companies’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014
Table 11: Outsourced IT functions – Pharmaceutical companies’ current and future outsourcing priorities..
Table 12: Business intelligence – pharmaceutical companies’ current and future investment priorities
Table 13: Business intelligence – vendor mindshare among pharmaceutical companies
Table 14: Content management – pharmaceutical companies’ current and future investment priorities
Table 15: Content management – vendor mindshare among pharmaceutical companies
Table 16: Cloud computing – pharmaceutical companies’ current and future investment priorities
Table 17: Cloud computing – vendor mindshare among pharmaceutical companies
Table 18: Business objectives which influence pharmaceuticals’ IT investment strategy
Table 19: IT objectives which influence pharmaceuticals’ IT investment strategy
Table 20: Factors influencing pharmaceuticals’ decision to choose an ICT provider
Table 21: IT spending plans in 2014 compared to 2013, for specific business areas within pharmaceutical companies
Table 22: Top three IT projects in 2014 for pharmaceutical companies
Table 23: Importance of the following business challenges for pharmaceutical companies”
“Figure 1: Pharmaceuticals – enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown
Figure 2: Pharmaceuticals – enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among pharmaceutical companies
Figure 4: Pharmaceutical companies’ (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014
Figure 5: Pharmaceutical companies’ average hardware budget allocation
Figure 6: Pharmaceutical companies’ average software budget allocation by technology
Figure 7: Pharmaceutical companies’ average IT services budget allocation
Figure 8: Pharmaceutical companies’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Figure 9: Pharmaceutical companies’ average telecommunications budget allocation
Figure 10: Pharmaceutical companies’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014
Figure 11: Outsourced IT functions – Pharmaceutical companies’ current and future outsourcing priorities.
Figure 12: Business intelligence – pharmaceutical companies’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Business intelligence – vendor mindshare among pharmaceutical companies
Figure 14: Content management – pharmaceutical companies’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 15: Content management – vendor mindshare among pharmaceutical companies
Figure 16: Cloud computing – pharmaceutical companies’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 17: Cloud computing – vendor mindshare among pharmaceutical companies
Figure 18: Business objectives which influence pharmaceuticals’ IT investment strategy
Figure 19: IT objectives which influence pharmaceuticals’ IT investment strategy
Figure 20: Factors influencing pharmaceuticals’ decision to choose an ICT provider
Figure 21: IT spending plans in 2014 compared to 2013, for specific business areas within pharmaceutical companies
Figure 22: Top three IT projects in 2014 for pharmaceutical companies
Figure 23: Importance of the following business challenges for pharmaceutical companies”
