“• Overall, 42% of IT industry respondents state that the current economic condition is stable, while 34% of industry executives expect conditions to be favorable
• The highest percentage of IT industry survey participants are either optimistic or very optimistic over company and industry growth prospects, at 75% and 63% respectively
• Industry respondents who operate in Asia-Pacific expect the lowest growth in sales during January-June 2015
• The performance of the Eurozone and performance of developing economies are major concerns for the global IT industry executives in H1 2015
• Over the next six months, 20% of respondents project that the supplier prices of software will increase by up to 4%. Respondents from Asia-Pacific expect the highest increase in software prices
• Global IT industry executives expect the highest investments to be in new product development during H1 2015”
“Introduction
Definitions
Methodology and sample size
Respondent profile Economic State, growth prospects and consumer confidence
Existing economic environment
Industry and company growth outlook
Expected change in consumer confidence Supplier prices, staff headcount and sales performance
Supplier prices expectations
Anticipated change in staff head count and sales projections
Anticipated change in spend on key activities Business concerns and organizational priorities
Level of concerns and expected impact
Significance of potential business priorities
Appendix”
“Figure 1: Current economic condition – Overall
Figure 2: Current economic condition – Region
Figure 3: Current economic condition – Those who operate and do not operate in a region
Figure 4: Industry and company growth prospects – Overall
Figure 5: Industry and company growth prospects – Overall – In detail
Figure 6: Industry and company growth prospects – Region
Figure 7: Anticipated variation in consumer confidence – Overall
Figure 8: Anticipated variation in consumer confidence – Region
Figure 9: Projected change in supplier prices – Software – Overall and regional
Figure 10: Projected change in supplier prices – Hardware – Overall and regional
Figure 11: Projected change in supplier prices – Power and Energy – Overall and regional
Figure 12: Projected change in supplier prices – Consulting – Overall and regional
Figure 13: Staff headcount and sales outlook – regional
Figure 14: Expenditure projection on key activities – Overall
Figure 15: Top five business concerns – Region
Figure 16: Business concerns – Overall and regional
Figure 17: Business concerns – Overall and regional
Figure 18: Top five organizational priorities – Region
Figure 19: Organizational priorities – Overall and region”
