COMPUTERWORLD 2015 FORECAST STUDY FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.IDGENTERPRISE.COM/REPORT/ COMPUTERWORLD-FORECAST-STUDY-2015 IT Spending is on an Upswing Hardware is the only area with a significant spending decrease IT Priorities & Projects Heads of IT Are Focusing on Business Growth Initiatives IT Disruption, Challenges & Strategy IT Hiring Plans & In-Demand Skills Outsourced Projects Are Coming Back In-House 1,000+ 52 % <1,000 35 % 1,000+ 46 % <1,000 26 % 1,000+ 46 % <1,000 29 % Security Technologies 46 % Cloud Computing 42 % Business Analytics 38 % Wireless/ Mobile 35 % Storage 36 % Top 5 Tech Spending Increases in 2015 EXPECT IT BUDGET INCREASES IN 2015 Top New Areas of Spending in 2015 Internet of Things (IoT) 32 % Energy-saving & Carbon-reducing Technologies 16 % High Performance Computing (HPC) 22 % Adopting new IT strategies, (like agile development and DevOps) is an enterprise priority. Greatest Impact Expected form Cloud & Self-Service IT NEW SYSTEMS & PROJECTS WE PLAN TO BRING MORE OUTSOURCED PROJECTS BACK IN-HOUSE WE PLAN TO OUTSOURCE MORE PROJECTS WE PLAN TO KEEP OUR OUTSOURCED/IN-HOUSE PROJECT RATIO ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR FORECAST 2015 An IT Outlook Constructing Budgets with Business Growth in Mind 43 % UP FROM 36% LAST YEAR OVERALL CHANGE IN 2015 IT BUDGETS: 4.3 % 24 % WILL DECREASE SPENDING ON HARDWARE GROWING REVENUE NON-HEAD OF IT HEAD OF IT 40 % 29 % GROWING PROFITABILITY NON-HEAD OF IT HEAD OF IT 35 % 28 % IMPROVING COLLABORATION WITH BUSINESS NON-HEAD OF IT HEAD OF IT 35 % 28 % ENHANCING COMPETITIVENESS NON-HEAD OF IT HEAD OF IT 34 % 25 % SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT TECH PROJECT RIGHT NOW TOP GOALS FOR CLOUD PROJECTS 1 CLOUD COMPUTING MOST DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEXT 3-5 YEARS Generating new revenue streams & cutting costs of enterprises have moved at least some data, infrastructure and/or enterprise apps to the cloud. 76 % Cloud Projects are Key to IT in 2015 1 2 3 1 4 Cloud/Saas Predictive Analytics Social Networking Self-service IT Mobile Payments Internet of Things Top Leadership Challenges in the Next 12 Months Security 3 Managing expectations/ business alignment 2 Budget constraints/ economic pressures 1 Managing projects 4 Dealing with planned mergers or acquisitions 1,000+ 48 % <1,000 30 % ARE ADOPTING NEW STRATEGIES FOR ENTERPRISE IT PROJECTS #CWForeCast15 • WWW.idgenterprise.Com IN-DEMAND SKILL 1 2 MOST DIFFICULT TO HIRE Top factor leading to IT staff growth: STAFFING PROGRAMMING/ APP DEV SKILLS 59 % 2 0 1 5 48 % 2 0 1 4 2014 18 % 17 % 2015 1 % 2014 10 % 15 % 2015 5 % 68 % 2015 2014 72 % 4 %
As purse strings loosen up, CIOs are blending innovation into plans for 2015, but challenges still remain. The Forecast 2015: An IT Outlook infographic showcases the results of the annual Computerworld Forecast study which was conducted to determine IT priorities for 2015 in areas such as spending, staffing and technology.
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Computerworld 2015 ForeCast study
For more inFormation visit www.idgenterprise.Com/report/
Computerworld-ForeCast-study-2015
IT Spending is on an Upswing
Hardware is the only area with a significant spending
decrease
IT Priorities & Projects
Heads of IT Are Focusing on Business Growth Initiatives
