ICT investment trends in Sweden: Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2016

Swedish enterprises are prioritizing investment in various ICT domains in 2015 to achieve sustainable economic growth and competitiveness. Additionally, foreign direct investment (FDI) in various ICT investment programs and the announcement of various e-government initiatives, creation of new job opportunities, and technology transfer and stimulation of competition and innovation are propelling growth in the region's ICT industry

Key Findings

* Stronger than expected growth in the European Union coupled with increased industrial production, improving trade, and the central bank's bond buying program have all placed the Swedish economy on a strong foothold
* Kable's survey shows that Swedish enterprises plan to invest the highest proportion of their ICT budgets in the core domains of hardware, software, and IT services in order to enhance their business processes. Additionally, they are improving their operational efficiency by investing in business intelligence solutions
* Hardware budgets across Sweden are mainly concentrated around client computing, networks, and peripherals, whereas software investments are being directed towards enterprise applications and application lifecycle management solutions.

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Synopsis
ICT investment trends in Sweden presents the findings from a survey of 41 Swedish enterprises regarding their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how Swedish enterprises currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting.

The report illustrates the core technologies Swedish enterprises are investing in, including business intelligence, security products, content management, mobility, and communications and collaboration. Understand the approach adopted by Swedish enterprises to purchase technology and get a better insight into ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to Swedish enterprises.

In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following:

* How ICT budgets are set to change in 2015 in terms of their overall size
* Allocation across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications, and consulting
* Distribution of ICT Kronas in areas such as the networks, applications, service desk, and data centers
* Which ICT functions Swedish enterprises are interested in outsourcing
* Swedish enterprises' investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as business intelligence, security products, content management, mobility, and communications and collaboration
* Factors that are influencing Swedish enterprises' investments in each technology category

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