“• Kable’s survey shows that conservative Middle Eastern enterprises are investing a high proportion of their ICT budgets in the core ICT domains of software and hardware in 2015, followed by IT services
• In order to take precautions against thefts and security breaches, Middle Eastern enterprises are moving their data onto the private cloud
• Pricing remains the most important criterion when choosing an ICT provider”
“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 Cloud computing budget
1.5 ICT budget allocation by function
1.6 Outsourced IT functions
2 ICT investment priorities and vendor satisfaction
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Enterprise applications
2.1.2 Business intelligence
2.1.3 Security products
3 ICT procurement trends
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Business objectives and IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.3 ICT provider selection
4 Summary
4.1 Middle Eastern enterprises are prioritizing investment in various ICT domains in 2015 to achieve sustainable economic growth and competitiveness
5 Appendix
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Further reading
5.3 Contact the authors”
“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, 2014 and 2015
Figure 5: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Figure 6: Average allocation of software budgets in Middle Eastern enterprise market
Figure 7: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Figure 8: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average cloud computing budget allocation by technology
Figure 8: Middle Eastern enterprises’ average cloud computing budget allocation by implementation type
Figure 10: Middle Eastern enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2014 and 2015
Figure 11: Outsourced IT functions – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future outsourcing priorities
Figure 12: Enterprise applications – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 13: Enterprise applications – selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among Middle Eastern enterprises
Figure 14: Business intelligence – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 15: Business intelligence – selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among Middle Eastern enterprises
Figure 16: Security products – Middle Eastern enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 17: Security products – selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among Middle Eastern enterprises
Figure 18: Business objectives and IT objectives which influence Middle Eastern enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Figure 19: Factors influencing Middle Eastern enterprises’ decision to choose an ICT provider”
