Abstract
Introduction
This databook from the Technology Trends service helps vendors to understand
the current and forthcoming investment in voice/data convergence solutions in
energy. The data has been drawn from interviews with 40 IT managers conducted
in H2 2006.
Scope
Datamonitor has interviewed 400 IT decision makers about their investment in 8
core enterprise technologies. Interviews have been conducted with IT decision
makers to gain an understanding of their attitudes to, and adoption of,
various technologies. The interviews have been spread evenly across 8
geographical markets and span 10 vertical markets and 5 enterprise size
bands.
Highlights
Over the course of 2006, Datamonitor is publishing over 500 databooks with
Technology Trends data cut by technology, vertical market, geography and size
band.
Reasons to Purchase
Gain insight into key technology investment patterns and trends in target
markets. Understand evolving customer IT budgets, attitudes to technology
adoption, technology decision-making processes, and perception of technology
vendors. Enable your sales, marketing and product teams to address your IT
audience.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
VOICE/DATA CONVERGENCE IN ENERGY 5
Extent to which energy companies
currently have or use voice/data convergence solutions 5
Energy companies
that are considering investment in voice/data convergence solutions in the
next 6 months 7
Energy companies that are considering investment in
voice/data convergence solutions in 6 months to 2 years time 9
Energy
companies' preferred approach to buying voice/data convergence solutions
11
Size of investment in single biggest IT project in budget year 2006
13
Area of investment for single biggest IT project in budget year 2006
15
Technologies that energy companies are currently outsourcing 17
Technologies that energy companies are considering outsourcing in the next 6
months 19
Technologies that energy companies are considering outsourcing
in 6 months to 1 year' s time 21
APPENDIX 23
Breakdown of the
Technology Trends sample by geography 23
Breakdown of the Technology
Trends sample by company size 25
Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample
by company revenue 27
Further reading 29
Ask the analyst 29
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Extent to which energy companies currently
have or use voice/data convergence solutions 5
Figure 2: Energy companies
that are considering investment in voice/data convergence solutions in the
next 6 months 7
Figure 3: Energy companies that are considering investment
in voice/data convergence solutions in 6 months to 2 years time 9
Figure
4: Energy companies' preferred approach to buying voice/data convergence
solutions 11
Figure 5: Size of investment in single biggest IT project in
budget year 2006 13
Figure 6: Area of investment for single biggest IT
project in budget year 2006 15
Figure 7: Technologies that energy
companies are currently outsourcing 17
Figure 8: Technologies that energy
companies are considering outsourcing in the next 6 months 19
Figure 9:
Technologies that energy companies are considering outsourcing in 6 months to
1 year' s time 21
Figure 10: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by
geography 23
Figure 11: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by
company size 25
Figure 12: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by
company revenue 27
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Extent to which
energy companies currently have or use voice/data convergence solutions6
Table 2: Energy companies that are considering investment in voice/data
convergence solutions in the next 6 months 8
Table 3: Energy companies
that are considering investment in voice/data convergence solutions in 6
months to 2 years time 10
Table 4: Energy companies' preferred approach to
buying voice/data convergence solutions 12
Table 5: Size of investment in
single biggest IT project in budget year 2006 14
Table 6: Area of
investment for single biggest IT project in budget year 2006 16
Table 7:
Technologies that energy companies are currently outsourcing 18
Table 8:
Technologies that energy companies are considering outsourcing in the next 6
months 20
Table 9: Technologies that energy companies are considering
outsourcing in 6 months to 1 year' s time 22
Table 10: Breakdown of the
Technology Trends sample by geography 24
Table 11: Breakdown of the
Technology Trends sample by company size 26
Table 12: Breakdown of the
Technology Trends sample by company revenue 28
