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Nearly three in five IT organizations expect increased 2019 budgets.
Digital transformation is driving increased 2019 IT spending.
Cybersecurity, IT architecture, and data science are the top areas of skills…
Cybersecurity continues to be a top priority driving technology spending.
Cloud usage is growing and maturing.
Artificial intelligence is emerging as a new area of focus, spending, and hiring…
IoT initiatives continue to progress, but data integration and analysis are hurd…
Line-of-business managers are more involved in technology evaluation and purchas…
Few business managers see IT as a competitive differentiator, and deployment…
Digital-native companies have a different technology behavioral profile.
Methodology
Respondent Demographics
ESG Research Report: 2019 Technology Spending Intentions Survey
ESG Research Report
Feb 15, 2019
In order to assess technology spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 810 IT and business professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America and Western Europe. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2018 IT spending as well as their 2019 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary - Report Conclusions
Research Objectives
Nearly three in five IT organizations expect increased 2019 budgets.
Digital transformation is driving increased 2019 IT spending.
Cybersecurity, IT architecture, and data science are the top areas of skills shortages.
Cybersecurity continues to be a top priority driving technology spending.
Cloud usage is growing and maturing.
Artificial intelligence is emerging as a new area of focus, spending, and hiring.
IoT initiatives continue to progress, but data integration and analysis are hurdles to their further development.
Line-of-business managers are more involved in technology evaluation and purchase processes, most commonly for business applications, analytics tools, and cloud services.
Few business managers see IT as a competitive differentiator, and deployment complexity and timing are their most common grievances.
Digital-native companies have a different technology behavioral profile.