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Computerworld2012 Forecast Survey

June 2011


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2Source: Computerworld2012 Forecast Survey, June 2011

IT Spending Strong Despite Macro Economics

What changes do you expect in your organizations IT budget in the next 12 months?

Average Overall IT

Budget:

$77 million


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Despite Some Cuts, Most Meet Business Goals

Don't know/Its hard to predict.

Yes, well set aside long-term projects for projects that can

quickly generate revenue.

Yes, but the impact will be small.

No, well still meet our obligations to achieve or support

business goals and our project priorities wont change.

Yes, well need to scale back or eliminate some projects.

5 %

12 %

17 %

22 %

45 %

6 %

11 %

8 %

22 %

53 %

7 %

14 %

21 %

26 %

33 %

2012

2011

2010

Will the reduction in your IT budget impact your departments ability to achieve or support your

organizations business goals? Among respondents who expect a decrease in IT budget in the next 12

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IT Facilitates Business Growth

E-business (includes all e-business initiatives)

Collaboration/Web 2.0

Content management (includes intranets, extranets and portals)

Storage (includes SANs and NAS)

Cloud computing (includes public, private and hybrid clouds)

Disaster recovery/continuity planning

Wireless/mobile (includes RFID, remoteaccess, Wi-Fi and wireless devices)

IT/network infrastructure (includes operating systems, messaging, email,

Security (includes anti-virus/malware protection, identity management,

Virtualization (includes desktop and server virtualization)

Data management or business analytics (includes data management, data

Application development, upgrades or replacement (includes ERP, CRM,

14 %

14 %

18 %

19 %

26 %

27 %

28 %

36 %

39 %

39 %

42 %

48 %

Which of the following projects are BUSINESS priorities for your company over the next 12 months?


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Moving On from the Traditional Data Center

What technologies would you identify as being most instrumental to your organizations ability to be

competitive/have long term sustainability? What are the most LEADING-EDGE projects that your IT

department is working on right now?

45%VIRTUALIZATION

46%CLOUD

18%PRIVATE

17%HYBRID

11%PUBLIC


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