Computerworld 2012 Forecast Survey

June 2011

IT Spending Strong Despite Macro Economics

Average Overall IT Budget: $77 million

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

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Despite Some Cuts, Most Meet Business Goals

33 % Yes, well need to scale back or eliminate some projects. No, well still meet our obligations to achieve or support business goals and our project priorities wont change. Yes, but the impact will be small. Yes, well set aside long-term projects for projects that can quickly generate revenue. Don't know/Its hard to predict. 7% 6% 5% 8% 14 % 11 % 12 % 26 % 22 % 22 % 2012 21 % 17 % 2011 2010 45 % 53 %

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 months

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IT Facilitates Business Growth

Application development, upgrades or replacement (includes ERP, CRM, Data management or business analytics (includes data management, data Virtualization (includes desktop and server virtualization) 42 %

48 %

39 %
39 % 36 % 28 % 27 % 26 % 19 % 18 % 14 % 14 %

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

IT/network infrastructure (includes operating systems, messaging, email, Wireless/mobile (includes RFID, remoteaccess, Wi-Fi and wireless devices) Disaster recovery/continuity planning Cloud computing (includes public, private and hybrid clouds) Storage (includes SANs and NAS) Content management (includes intranets, extranets and portals) Collaboration/Web 2.0 E-business (includes all e-business initiatives)

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

46%
PRIVATE

18%

CLOUD

HYBRID

17%

PUBLIC

11%

45%
VIRTUALIZATION

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?

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For More Information

For more information contact VP/Publisher John Amato, 508.820.8279, john_amato@computerworld.com or SVP and Group Publisher, Bob Melk at bmelk@idgenterprise.com

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