IT Scenario Right Now -----

• Technology that have significant impact – Overall

1. Open Source – 7%
2. Outsourcing – 13%
3. Software as a service – 13%
4. Virtualization – 23%
5. Unified Communication – 22%
6. Web Services Communication – 22%Others – 3%

• IT Spend – Overall
  

1. Spend Substantially more [more than 40%] – 25%
2. Spend slightly more [20 – 40%] – 43%
3. Spend the same – 18%
4. Spend Slightly less [reduction in 20-40%] – 14%

• Top 10 technologies

1. Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity / Enterprise Risk Management
2. Information and Data Security
3. Business Intelligence / Data Mining / Data Warehousing
4. ERP
5. Backup Solution
6. WAN Infracture
7. Storage Systems
8. Mobility (Mobile services & wireless networking - WiFi)
9. RFID
10. Network Management

• Greatest Challenges

1. Aligning IT agenda with business requirements
2. Application integration and information delivery
3. Selecting and implementing new technology
4. Implementing securing and private measures
5. Managing complexity and evolving requirements
6. Human Resource / Skills retention
7. Better project management
8. Information security certification
9. Compliance
10. Saving Money
11. Web-enabling applicationsCommunication and collaboration suites

• Applications that can be Out-sourced

1. Facilities Management - 8%
2. Disaster Recovery – 8%
3. WAN Support System – 8%
4. Desktop support System – 7%
5. Help Desk – 7%
6. Asset Management – 7%
7. Others – 55%