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Research Report: 2012 IT Spending Intentions Survey Jan 31, 2012

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Executive Summary
- Report Conclusions
Introduction
- Research Objectives
Research Findings
- IT Spending Drivers: Cost Reduction Still King, Social Initiatives on the Rise
- 2012 IT Spending Expectations are Surprisingly Positive
- 2012 IT Spending Trends by Industry
- Leading-Edge IT Consumers Will Continue to Increase Spending in 2012
- The Cloud Is Officially a Cost Containment Strategy
- Protecting, Virtualizing, and Managing IT Assets are Top 2012 IT Priorities
- 2012 IT Budgets: To the Cloud
- Business Process Improvement and ROI Eclipse Cost Reduction as Top Means of Just…
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 2012 Overall IT Budget
- 2012 IT Budget Allocations
- Respondents by Number of IT Staff
- Respondents by Number of Data Centers
- Respondents by Number of Production Servers
- Respondents by Region
- Respondent by Psychographics

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Research Report: 2012 IT Spending Intentions Survey

ESG Research Report

Jan 31, 2012

In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 614 senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2011 IT spending as well as their 2012 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 2012 and beyond?
How do spending plans vary by organization size, geographic region, industry, and other variables?
What is driving the changes between 2011 spending and 2012 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 cloud computing, virtualization, storage, networking, and security—which initiatives and technologies will sustain investment over the next 12-18 months?
What is the relationship between an organization’s current and future IT spending and its overall purchasing pattern for IT products and services?

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

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary
- Report Conclusions
Introduction
- Research Objectives
Research Findings
- IT Spending Drivers: Cost Reduction Still King, Social Initiatives on the Rise
- 2012 IT Spending Expectations are Surprisingly Positive
- 2012 IT Spending Trends by Industry
- Leading-Edge IT Consumers Will Continue to Increase Spending in 2012
- The Cloud Is Officially a Cost Containment Strategy
- Protecting, Virtualizing, and Managing IT Assets are Top 2012 IT Priorities
- 2012 IT Budgets: To the Cloud
- Business Process Improvement and ROI Eclipse Cost Reduction as Top Means of Justifying 2012 IT Investments
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 2012 Overall IT Budget
- 2012 IT Budget Allocations
- Respondents by Number of IT Staff
- Respondents by Number of Data Centers
- Respondents by Number of Production Servers
- Respondents by Region
- Respondent by Psychographics