“• Kable’s survey of 121 Middle Eastern enterprises highlights that X% of respondents are set to increase their ICT budgets significantly in 2014, which is an increase of X% compared to 2013.
• According to Kable’s survey, Middle Eastern enterprises 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%).
• Middle Eastern enterprises are allocating the highest proportion of their software budgets to application lifecycle management (X%) followed by information management (X%) and enterprise applications (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
2.2 Core technology investment priorities
2.2.1 Business intelligence
2.2.2 Content management
2.2.3 Communications & collaboration
2.2.4 Cloud computing solutions
3 ICT procurement trends
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Purchasing channels
3.3 Business objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.4 IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.5 ICT provider selection
4 Summary
4.1 Increasing global competition and government initiatives are propelling the usage of ICT among Middle Eastern enterprises
5 Appendix
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Further reading
5.3 Contact the authors”
“Table 1: Middle Eastern enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 2: Middle Eastern enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Middle Eastern enterprises
Table 4: Middle Eastern enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014
Table 5: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Table 6: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Table 7: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Table 8: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Table 9: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
Table 10: Middle Eastern enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014
Table 11: Outsourced IT functions – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future outsourcing priorities…
Table 12: Current and future investment priorities of Middle Eastern enterprises across core technologies..
Table 13: Business intelligence – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 14: Business intelligence – vendor mindshare among Middle Eastern enterprises
Table 15: Content management – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 16: Content management – vendor mindshare among Middle Eastern enterprises
Table 17: Communications & collaboration – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 18: Communications & collaboration – vendor mindshare among Middle Eastern enterprises
Table 19: Cloud computing solutions – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 20: Cloud computing solutions – vendor mindshare among Middle Eastern enterprises
Table 21: Middle Eastern enterprises’ preferred approach to buying technologies
Table 22: Business objectives which influence Middle Eastern enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Table 23: IT objectives which influence Middle Eastern enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Table 24: Factors influencing Middle Eastern enterprises’ decision to choose an ICT provider”
“Figure 1: Middle Eastern enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Middle Eastern enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Middle Eastern enterprises
Figure 4: Middle Eastern enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014
Figure 5: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Figure 6: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Figure 7: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Figure 8: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Figure 9: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
Figure 10: Middle Eastern enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014
Figure 11: Outsourced IT functions – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future outsourcing priorities..
Figure 12: Current and future investment priorities of Middle Eastern enterprises across core technologies
Figure 13: Business intelligence – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Business intelligence – vendor mindshare among Middle Eastern enterprises
Figure 15: Content management – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 16: Content management – vendor mindshare among Middle Eastern enterprises
Figure 17: Communications & collaboration – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 18: Communications & collaboration – vendor mindshare among Middle Eastern enterprises
Figure 19: Cloud computing solutions – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 20: Cloud computing solutions – vendor mindshare among Middle Eastern enterprises
Figure 21: Middle Eastern enterprises’ preferred approach to buying technologies
Figure 22: Business objectives which influence Middle Eastern enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Figure 23: IT objectives which influence Middle Eastern enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Figure 24: Factors influencing Middle Eastern enterprises’ decision to choose an ICT provider”
