1.4 ICT budget allocation by core technology area 1.4.1 Hardware budget breakdown 1.4.2 Software budget breakdowns 1.4.3 Third party IT services expenditure 1.4.4 Telecommunications budget
3.2 Business objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.3 IT objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.4 ICT provider selection
4 Sector-specific trends
4.1 Introduction
4.2 IT expenditure plans for specific technology categories
4.3 Technology areas receiving the largest investments
4.4 Business challenges
5 Summary
5.1 ICT is set to revolutionize the educational landscape with e-learning and virtual classroom concepts
6 Appendix
6.1 Definitions
6.2 Further reading
6.3 Contact the authors
List of Tables
Table 1: Educational institutions - enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown Table 2: Educational institutions - enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees) Table 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among educational institutions Table 4: Educational institutions' (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014 Table 5: Educational institutions' average hardware budget allocation Table 6: Educational institutions' average software budget allocation by technology Table 7: Educational institutions' average IT services budget allocation Table 8: Educational institutions' average IT consulting services budget allocation Table 9: Educational institutions' average telecommunications budget allocation Table 10: Educational institutions' ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014 Table 11: Outsourced IT functions - educational institutions' current and future outsourcing priorities Table 12: Mobility - educational institutions' current and future investment priorities Table 13: Mobility - vendor mindshare among educational institutions Table 14: Communications and collaboration - educational institutions' current and future investment priorities Table 15: Communications and collaboration - vendor mindshare among educational institutions Table 16: Cloud computing - educational institutions' current and future investment priorities Table 17: Cloud computing - vendor mindshare among educational institutions Table 18: Business objectives which influence educational institutions' IT investment strategy Table 19: IT objectives which influence educational institutions' IT investment strategy Table 20: Factors influencing educational institutions' decision to choose an ICT provider Table 21: IT expenditure plans in 2014 compared to 2013, for specific technology categories within educational institutions Table 22: Top three IT projects in 2014 for educational institutions Table 23: Importance of the following business challenges for educational institutions
List of Figures
Figure 1: Educational institutions - enterprise ICT survey geographic breakdown Figure 2: Educational institutions - enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees) Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among educational institutions Figure 4: Educational institutions' (external) ICT budget allocation, 2013 and 2014 Figure 5: Educational institutions' average hardware budget allocation Figure 6: Educational institutions' average software budget allocation by technology Figure 7: Educational institutions' average IT services budget allocation Figure 8: Educational institutions' average IT consulting services budget allocation Figure 9: Educational institutions' average telecommunications budget allocation Figure 10: Educational institutions' ICT budget allocation by function, 2013 and 2014 Figure 11: Outsourced IT functions - educational institutions' current and future outsourcing priorities Figure 12: Mobility - educational institutions' current and future investment priorities Figure 13: Mobility - vendor mindshare among educational institutions Figure 14: Communications and collaboration - educational institutions' current and future investment priorities Figure 15: Communications and collaboration - vendor mindshare among educational institutions Figure 16: Cloud computing - educational institutions' current and future investment priorities Figure 17: Cloud computing - vendor mindshare among educational institutions Figure 18: Business objectives which influence educational institutions' IT investment strategy Figure 19: IT objectives which influence educational institutions' IT investment strategy Figure 20: Factors influencing educational institutions' decision to choose an ICT provider Figure 21: IT expenditure plans in 2014 compared to 2013, for specific technology categories within educational institutions Figure 22: Top three IT projects in 2014 for educational institutions Figure 23: Importance of the following business challenges for educational institutions