Summary
This report presents the findings from a survey of 192 educational institutions regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how educational institutions currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting.
Key Findings
• Kable¡¯s survey shows that educational institutions are increasing their investment in ICT hardware and services by (X%), compared to 2013, and reach (X%) and (X%) respectively in 2014. • In 2014, X% of educational institutions are planning to increase their overall ICT expenditure (both slightly and significantly) in various ICT training programs for teaching staff. • The IT project of refreshing PCs has been assigned the highest investment priority, as X% of respondents are considering it as one of the top three IT projects for educational institutions in 2014.
Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 192 educational institutions regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how educational institutions 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 institutions are investing in, including mobility, communication & collaboration, and cloud computing. The survey also highlights the approach adopted by educational institutions to purchase technology. Through Kable¡¯s survey, the report aims to provide better insight to ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to educational institutions.
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 money is being spent in areas such as the data centre, applications, IT management and the network. • Gain an understanding regarding which ICT functions educational institutions are interested in outsourcing. • Identify educational institutions¡¯ investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as mobility, communication & collaboration, and cloud computing. • Learn about the drivers that are influencing educational institutions¡¯ in each technology category. • Establish how educational institutions¡¯ IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category. • Gain insight into how educational institutions plan to change their ICT budget allocations across various segments within a technology category. • Understand the vendor mindshare for various core and advanced technology categories. • Provides insight into educational institutions¡¯ preferred buying approaches. • Comprehend the business and IT objectives that educational institutions are looking to achieve through their IT investment strategies. • Understand the factors that are influencing educational institutions¡¯ decision to select an ICT provider.
Reasons To Buy
• This report will help readers to understand how education ICT landscape is set to change in 2014. • Gain a view as to how ICT money is being allocated in your target audience. • The report covers a detailed breakdown of the opportunities within each of the core areas of ICT spend (hardware, software, IT services, telecommunications and consulting.) • The report will help users to gain a view of the current strategic objectives of educational institutions. • The report will provide a detailed breakdown of the opportunities within selected technology categories (mobility, communication & collaboration, and cloud computing). • Understand the factors that are influencing educational institutions¡¯ decision to select an ICT provider. • Gain a view as to the business and IT objectives educational institutions are looking to achieve through their ICT investment strategies.
|