♦  2008/2009 IT Spending, Staffing & Technology Trends Report Set - Individual Chapters

2008/2009 IT Spending, Staffing & Technology Trends Report

The IT Spending, Staffing and Technology Trends Report presents the results of a comprehensive study on real IT budgets across a wide range of organizations. It is an excellent tool for benchmarking your IT spending plans against simliar organizations and staying ahead of emerging IT trends.

Choose from industry-specific IT budget benchmarks or composite data that reviews IT spending plans across 11 industries.

Click on any of the chapter titles below for more information on the contents of the individual chapters.

• Composite Benchmarks, provides IT spending benchmarks for all 11 industries surveyed.
• Technology Adoption Trends, provides the state of adoption for 25 important technologies and IT iniatives.
• ROI and TCO Trends, reports the economic experience of IT executives with 14 technologies.
• IT Management Best Practices, reviews the use of 19 selected IT management practices.
• IT Outsourcing Trends, provides detailed information for 11 areas of information technology outsourcing.
• Benchmarks by Organization Size, provides all the same benchmarks as the industry-focused chapters, but data is broken out by organization size.

• Financial Services Sector Benchmarks (Commercial banks, lenders, security brokerage firms, other types of banking and finance organizations. The banks include several regional, super-regional, and money center banks.)
• Insurance Sector Benchmarks (Property and casualty insurers, life insurance companies, reinsurance companies, other types of insurance firms. This chapter includes health insurance firms, but not health plans that are directly engaged in healthcare delivery.)
• Healthcare Sector Benchmarks (Hospital groups, community hospitals, integrated regional health systems, physicians groups, other types of healthcare organizations.)
• Discrete Manufacturing Sector Benchmarks (Manufacturers of machines, auto parts, medical devices, industrial components, instrumentation, clothing, other types of discrete products.)
• Process Manufacturing Sector Benchmarks (Manufacturers of chemicals, metals, plastics, cosmetics, semiconductors, building materials, flooring, and makers of pharmaceuticals and food products.)
• High Tech Sector Benchmarks (Software development companies, semiconductor manufacturers, medical device manufacturers, networking and communications device manufacturers, scientific laboratories.)
• Wholesale Distribution Sector Benchmarks(Wholesalers of consumer products, industrial electronics, food and beverage products, agricultural products, construction materials, industrial materials, auto parts.)
• Retail Sector Benchmarks (Department stores, general merchandisers, auto service chain operators, pharmacies, convenience stores, specialty consumer goods retailers in areas such as jewelry, fabrics, foods and auto parts.)
• Utilities and Energy Sector Benchmarks (Oil and gas producers, midstream oil and gas suppliers, power generators, gas and electric utilities, other energy and utilities companies.)
• Professional and Technical Services Sector Benchmarks (Law firms, accounting firms, engineering and technical services firms, IT services and consulting firms, business process outsourcing providers, software developers, and other providers of technical and professional services.)
• Government Sector Benchmarks (Municipal governments, county governments, governmental agencies at the county, state, and federal levels. Universities and school districts are not included.)