“• Kable’s survey of 220 Nordic enterprises 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, Nordic enterprises are planning to invest X% of their external ICT budgets in software in 2014, which is more than the allocation in 2013 (X%).
• Nordic enterprises are allocating the highest proportion of their hardware budgets to client computing (X%) followed by investments in mainframes (X%).”
“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 vendors mindshare
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Core technology investment priorities
2.2.1 Business intelligence
2.2.2 Mobility
2.2.3 Green IT & virtualization
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 Enterprise investment in core and advanced technologies is set to grow with improving market conditions in Nordic
5 Appendix
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Further reading
5.3 Contact the authors”
“Table 1: Nordic enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown
Table 2: Nordic enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Table 3: Nordic enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Table 4: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Nordic enterprises
Table 5: Nordic enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014
Table 6: Nordic enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Table 7: Nordic enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Table 8: Nordic enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Table 9: Nordic enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Table 10: Nordic enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
Table 11: Nordic enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014
Table 12: Outsourced IT functions – Nordic enterprises’ current and future outsourcing priorities
Table 13: Current and future investment priorities of Nordic enterprises across core technologies
Table 14: Business intelligence – Nordic enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 15: Business intelligence – vendors mindshare among Nordic enterprises
Table 16: Mobility – Nordic enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 17: Mobility – vendors mindshare among Nordic enterprises
Table 18: Green IT & virtualization – Nordic enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 19: Green IT & virtualization – vendors mindshare among Nordic enterprises
Table 20: Cloud computing solutions – Nordic enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Table 21: Cloud computing solutions – vendors mindshare among Nordic enterprises
Table 22: Nordic enterprises’ preferred approach to buying technologies
Table 23: Business objectives which influence Nordic enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Table 24: IT objectives which influence Nordic enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Table 25: Factors influencing Nordic enterprises’ decision to choose an ICT provider”
“Figure 1: Nordic enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown
Figure 2: Nordic enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 3: Nordic enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 4: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Nordic enterprises
Figure 5: Nordic enterprises’ (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014
Figure 6: Nordic enterprises’ average hardware budget allocation
Figure 7: Nordic enterprises’ average software budget allocation by technology
Figure 8: Nordic enterprises’ average IT services budget allocation
Figure 9: Nordic enterprises’ average IT consulting services budget allocation
Figure 10: Nordic enterprises’ average telecommunications budget allocation
Figure 11: Nordic enterprises’ ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014
Figure 12: Outsourced IT functions – Nordic enterprises’ current and future outsourcing priorities
Figure 13: Current and future investment priorities of Nordic enterprises across core technologies
Figure 14: Business intelligence – Nordic enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 15: Business intelligence – vendors mindshare among Nordic enterprises
Figure 16: Mobility – Nordic enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 17: Mobility – vendors mindshare among Nordic enterprises
Figure 18: Green IT & virtualization – Nordic enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 19: Green IT & virtualization – vendors mindshare among Nordic enterprises
Figure 20: Cloud computing solutions – Nordic enterprises’ current and future investment priorities
Figure 21: Cloud computing solutions – vendors mindshare among Nordic enterprises
Figure 22: Nordic enterprises’ preferred approach to buying technologies
Figure 23: Business objectives which influence Nordic enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Figure 24: IT objectives which influence Nordic enterprises’ IT investment strategy
Figure 25: Factors influencing Nordic enterprises’ decision to choose an ICT provider”
