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ICT budget and staffing trends in Australia -
Enterprise ICT investment plans to 2013

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This report presents the findings from a survey of 85 Australian
enterprises regarding their Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) budgets and staff allocation. The survey
investigates how Australian enterprises currently allocate their
ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT spend,
namely hardware, software, IT services, communications and
consulting.

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Product Synopsis
This report presents the findings from a survey of 85 Australian
enterprises regarding their Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) budgets and staff allocation. The survey
investigates how Australian enterprises currently allocate their
ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT spend,
namely hardware, software, IT services, communications and
consulting.
Introduction and Landscape
Why was the report written?
In order to provide a depth of insight into ICT vendors' and service
providers' potential customers.
What is the current market landscape and what is changing?
The ICT market in Australia is witnessing strong growth, with
enterprises spending their budgets across all major technological
areas.

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What are the key drivers behind recent market changes?
Kable's survey reveals that factors such as the strength and
stability of the Australian financial system, the performance of its
major trading partners and enterprises' need to enhance their
operational efficiencies and sustainability will drive investments
across all major technological areas.
What makes this report unique and essential to read?
Kable Global ICT Intelligence has invested significant resources in
order to interview CIOs and IT managers about their IT Budgets.
Very few IT analyst houses will have interviewed 80+ ICT decision
makers in Australian market in H2 2012.
Key Features and Benefits
Understand how ICT budgets are set to change in 2013 in terms of
their overall size.

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Appreciate how IT budgets are allocated across the core elements
of IT spend, including hardware, software, services,
communications and consulting.
Learn how IT Dollars are being spent in areas such as the data
centre, applications, IT management and the network.
Establish how IT staff are typically allocated within Australian
organizations
Gain insight into with whom Australian enterprises plan to spend
their ICT Dollars.
Key Market Issues
Kable' survey reveals that allocation of the ICT budget to end-user
computing is expected to decline slightly by X% in 2013 over 2012.

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The relatively lower allocation of IT staff members to
infrastructure management and IT management suggests that
Australian organisations are trying to reduce their costs in these
areas.
The proportion of ICT budget allocated for internal development
and maintenance will be retained at the same level in 2013
compared to 2012, although large enterprises in Australia are
expected to raise their in-house ICT budgets significantly.
Australian enterprises are still dependent on legacy fixed-line
networks, which is evident from the survey as X% of the
telecommunications budget is allocated to fixed voice.
Cloud services has limited accessibility among Australian
enterprises, as the survey data shows that enterprises are
allocating X% of their total IT services budgets here.

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Key Highlights
Australian enterprises are planning to allocate X% of their total
ICT budgets to hardware, software, and communications in 2013,
which is slightly more than the combined allocation in 2012.
The average hardware budget allocation is dominated by client
computing devices, while software licensing is the area where the
major portion of software budgets is being allocated.
Kable's survey reflects that a significant portion of the average IT
services budget is being allocated to application development (X
%), security and privacy services (X%), and desktop services (X%).
The potential for productivity improvement through the intelligent
use of technology is recognised as a driving force for ICT
investment by Australian enterprises.

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Australian enterprises are judiciously resourcing their IT staff
based on the nature of their involvement in IT and the degree to
which the business depends on it. The survey reveals that
applications and service support and the help desk functions
constitute the major portion of IT staff.

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1 Trends in ICT budgets
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
1.4 ICT budget allocation by core technology area
1.5 ICT budget allocation by function
1.6 ICT spending by entity
1.7 IT staff distribution
2 Detailed ICT budget allocations
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Hardware budget breakdown
2.3 Software budget breakdowns
2.4 Third party IT Services expenditure
2.5 Telecommunications budget

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3 Summary
3.1 Australian enterprises are witnessing a rapid change in ICT expenditure: a reflection of continuing
technological development and service innovation
4 Appendix
4.1 Definitions
4.2 Further reading
4.3 Contact the authors

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