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Research Report: 2011 IT Spending Intentions Survey Jan 14, 2011

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3 Tables

Executive Summary
- Report Conclusions
Introduction
- Research Objectives
Research Findings
- Cost Reduction Continues to Relinquish Control over IT Decisions
- The Majority of 2011 IT Budgets are Up Year-over-Year
- 2011 IT Spending Trends by Industry
- Leading-Edge IT Consumers Will Continue to Increase Spending in 2011
- The Cloud Starts to Emerge as a Cost Containment Strategy
- Top 2011 IT Priorities: Virtualization Continues its Momentum
- Virtualization, Security, and Storage Top Areas of IT Spending… Again
- Simple Cost Reduction Continues to Wane as a Means of Justifying IT Investments
- Technology Segment Spending Priorities
  - Server Spending Continues to Concentrate on Virtualization and Consolidation
Conclusion
Research Methodology
Respondent Demographics
- Respondents by Job Responsibility
- Respondents by Budget Responsibility
- Respondents by Number of Employees
- Respondents by Industry
- Respondents by Annual Revenue
- Respondents by Total 2011 Overall IT Budget
- Current IT Budget Allocations
- Respondents by Number of IT Staff
- Respondents by Number of Data Centers
- Respondents by Number of Servers
- Respondents by Region
- Respondent by Psychographics

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Research Report: 2011 IT Spending Intentions Survey

ESG Research Report

Jan 14, 2011

In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 611 North American and Western European senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2010 IT spending as well as their 2011 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level.
The survey was designed to answer the following questions:

What business imperatives are currently having the greatest impact on IT spending?
What are organizations’ general spending plans for IT products and services in 2011 and beyond?
How do spending plans vary by organization size, geographic region, industry, and other variables?
What is driving the changes between 2010 spending and 2011 planned spending?
What do organizations identify as their most important IT priorities over the next 12-18 months?
What factors will be most important in justifying IT investments to the business over the next 12-18 months?
Within specific technology segments—such as servers, storage, networking, security, and information management—which initiatives and technologies within those segments will sustain investment over the next 12-18 months?
What is the relationship between current and future IT spending and an organization’s overall purchasing pattern for IT products and services?

Survey participants represented a wide range of industries including manufacturing, financial services, communications and media, health care, retail, government, and business services.

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary
- Report Conclusions
Introduction
- Research Objectives
Research Findings
- Cost Reduction Continues to Relinquish Control over IT Decisions
- The Majority of 2011 IT Budgets are Up Year-over-Year
- 2011 IT Spending Trends by Industry
- Leading-Edge IT Consumers Will Continue to Increase Spending in 2011
- The Cloud Starts to Emerge as a Cost Containment Strategy
- Top 2011 IT Priorities: Virtualization Continues its Momentum
- Virtualization, Security, and Storage Top Areas of IT Spending… Again
- Simple Cost Reduction Continues to Wane as a Means of Justifying IT Investments
- Technology Segment Spending Priorities
  - Server Spending Continues to Concentrate on Virtualization and Consolidation
Conclusion
Research Methodology
Respondent Demographics
- Respondents by Job Responsibility
- Respondents by Budget Responsibility
- Respondents by Number of Employees
- Respondents by Industry
- Respondents by Annual Revenue
- Respondents by Total 2011 Overall IT Budget
- Current IT Budget Allocations
- Respondents by Number of IT Staff
- Respondents by Number of Data Centers
- Respondents by Number of Servers
- Respondents by Region
- Respondent by Psychographics