Computerworld

Forecast Study

2015

IT Budgets Increasing

Q1: What changes do you expect in your organizations IT budget in the next 12 months? AND Please indicate the percentage by which your IT
budget will increase. Base: Those who indicated an increase in IT spending.

Source: Computerworld 2015 Forecast Study

Top New Areas of Spending in 2015:

Q: Please tell us about your organizations technology spending plans in the next 12 months: New Category of Spending

Source: Computerworld 2015 Forecast Study

Heads of IT More Focused on

Driving the Business Forward
Optimizing existing
investments

48%
46%
47%

Cutting Costs

58%
43%

Optimizing and automating

business processes

46%
40%

Growing Revenue

29%
37%
39%

Accelerating business
process and agility
Improving collaboration
with business

35%
28%
35%

Growing profitability

28%

Enhancing competitiveness

25%

Growing market share

20%
20%

Attracting new talent

20%
19%

Getting better acquainted

with customers
Other

10%

34%

15%

3%
2%

IT Head

Non-Head of IT

Q: Which of these are BUSINESS PRIORITIES for the IT department in the next 12 months

Source: Computerworld 2015 Forecast Study

Cloud Projects are Most Important to IT

16%

Cloud computing
Legacy systems
modernization/replacement

12%
9%

Software on-premises

8%

Security technologies
Application development upgrades or
replacement

7%

Business analytics

6%

Virtualization

6%

Disaster recovery/continuity planning

6%

Q: What is the single most important technology project that your IT department is working on right now?

Source: Computerworld 2015 Forecast Study

Outsourced Projects Coming Back In-House

Q: How would you describe your outsourcing strategy for the coming year?

Source: Computerworld 2015 Forecast Study

For More Information

For more information on this study, contact Sue Yanovitch at

syanovitch@idgenterprise.com