Introduction

Datamonitor's Technology Trends survey of 500 IT decision makers, in H1 2007, shows how the current penetration levels of eight enterprise technologies vary. An analysis of the results indicates which of the technology areas are likely to have the most 'greenfield' (first time) and 'brownfield' (repeat) investments over the next two years.

Scope

Provides an overview of current market penetration for eight core enterprise technology areas. Analyses which solutions will be receiving the most investments both in the short and medium term. Discovers which technologies enterprises are prioritizing for their largest IT project in 2007 and gives an idea of how much they will be investing. Reviews enterprises' current outsourcing and purchasing preferences by technology.

Highlights

The penetration for all eight enterprise technologies is set to increase over the next two years. However, the number of greenfield investments in security and enterprise applications appears to be slowing down, indicating that these two markets are close to saturation. Looking at investment opportunities from a short-term and medium-term perspective, it is interesting to note that the number of investments planned will decrease for the high priority, high penetration level technologies and increase for the two technologies with the lowest penetration, mobility and BI. Enterprise applications and security, the two highest penetrated technologies, are also the most likely to be outsourced. Although outsourcing is not a method which appeals to all enterprises, there appears to be a relatively high level of interest in outsourcing some of the core technologies, particularly in the next 6-24 months timeframe.

Reasons to Purchase

Find out which technology areas will be receiving the highest levels of investments over the next two years. Understand which technologies are prioritized for enterprises' largest IT project and find out the size of these investments. Learn which areas are most popular for outsourcing and which solutions are likely to be outsourced over the next two years.

DATAMONITOR VIEW 1
CATALYST 1
SUMMARY 1
ANALYSIS 2
There are clear variations in market penetration and level of investment by technology 2
The security and enterprise applications markets are almost saturated 2
Content management and enterprise applications have the highest number of planned investments 4
The majority of investments will be 'brownfield', independent of the technology area 5
Larger enterprises have higher penetration of all technologies 7
Enterprises are most likely to invest in ERP, firewalls & VPNs and mobile management 8
Firewall & VPN and ERP technologies are set to receive the most investments 8
Mobility technologies will receive high levels of greenfield investments 10
Enterprise applications are generally still prioritized as enterprises' largest IT project 11
Over a third of enterprises are prioritizing enterprise applications for their largest IT investment 11
The majority of expenditure on enterprises largest IT projects will be less than $500,000 12
Enterprises' priorities vary by industry sector 13
The proportion of enterprises that outsource may grow significantly in the next two years 15
Enterprise applications and security are the two areas two areas most likely to be outsourced 15
There is little variation in enterprises' channel preference by technology 16
Enterprises prefer to purchase their solutions direct from a supplier and deploy them on-site 16
SUMMARY: 18
Enterprises are prioritizing enterprise applications for investments 18
APPENDIX 19
Additional Data 19
Definitions 20
Methodology 21
Further reading 21
Ask the analyst 21
Datamonitor consulting 22
Disclaimer 22
List of Tables
Table 1: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years? 3
Table 2: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years? 4
Table 3: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 2 years? 6
Table 4: Which of the following technologies do you currently have or use? 8
Table 5: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years? 9
Table 6: Which of the following technologies do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years? 11
Table 7: How much investment are you making in your single biggest IT project in budget year 2007? Which technology area does this fall under? 12
Table 8: Which technology area does your single biggest IT project in budget year 2007 fall under? 14
Table 9: Which of the following technology areas do you outsource now, or are you considering outsourcing in the next 6 months? 2 years? 16
Table 10: What is your preferred approach to buying the following technologies? 17
Table 11: Which of the following technologies do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritise for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years? 19
List of Figures
Figure 1: Security and enterprise applications markets are close to saturation 2
Figure 2: Enterprises are planning most investments in enterprise applications 4
Figure 3: The majority of investments will be 'brownfield' in all technologies 5
Figure 4: Mobility, business intelligence and convergence are the want of the large enterprise 7
Figure 5: Firewall and VPN technologies have the highest penetration and the most planned investments 9
Figure 6: ERP and mobile management will have the most greenfield investments in the next two years 10
Figure 7: Enterprise applications is the most likely area for enterprises' largest IT projects in 2007 12
Figure 8: Enterprises in media and energy are planning the most investments in enterprise applications 13
Figure 9: Enterprise applications and security are currently the most outsourced technologies 15
Figure 10: Enterprises tend not to use different channels for different technologies 17