Ict Investment Trends in South Africa: Enterprise Ict Spending Patterns Through to the End of 2015

Dec 29, 2014 – Navi Mumbai, India: Marketreportsonsouthafrica.com presents a report on “ICT investment trends in South Africa: Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2015.” The survey also highlights the approach adopted by enterprises in South Africa to purchase technology.

Summary

This report presents the findings from a survey of 48 South African enterprises regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how South African enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting.

Synopsis

This report presents the findings from a survey of 48 South African enterprises regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how South African enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting..

The report illustrates the core technologies enterprises are investing in, including security, mobility, green IT & virtualization, and cloud computing. Through that survey, the report aims to provide better insight to ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to enterprises in South Africa.

In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following:

• Understand how ICT budgets are set to change in 2014 in terms of their overall size.

• Appreciate how IT budgets are allocated across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications, and consulting.

• Learn how IT Rands are being spent in areas such as the data centre, applications, IT management, and the network.

• Gain an understanding regarding which ICT functions South African enterprises are interested in outsourcing.

• Identify South African enterprises’ investment priorities based on their budget...