Introduction

This databook from the Technology Trends service helps vendors to understand security investment in large enterprises. The data has been drawn from interviews with over 100 IT managers conducted in H1 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.

• Introduction
  • What is this report about?
  • Catalyst
  • Methodology
  • Definitions
• Security Investment In Large Enterprises
  • Extent to which large enterprises currently have or use security solutions
  • Large enterprises that are considering investment in security solutions in the next 6 months
  • Large enterprises that are considering investment in security solutions in 6 months to 2 years time
  • Large enterprises' preferred approach to buying security solutions
  • Vendors that large enterprises believe to be leaders in the field of security solutions
  • Most influential positions within large enterprises when making investment decisions regarding security solutions
• Appendix
  • Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by geography
  • Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by company size
  • Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by company revenue
• Further reading
  • Ask the analyst
• List Of Tables
  • Table 1: Technology definitions
  • Table 2: Vertical market definitions
  • Table 3: Extent to which large enterprises currently have or use security solutions
  • Table 4: Large enterprises that are considering investment in security solutions in the next 6 months
  • Table 5: Large enterprises that are considering investment in security solutions in 6 months to 2 years time
  • Table 6: Large enterprises' preferred approach to buying security solutions
  • Table 7: Vendors that large enterprises believe to be leaders in the field of security solutions
  • Table 8: Most influential positions within large enterprises when making investment decisions regarding security solutions
  • Table 9: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by geography
  • Table 10: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by company size
  • Table 11: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by company revenue
• List Of Figures
  • Figure 1: Extent to which large enterprises currently have or use security solutions
  • Figure 2: Large enterprises that are considering investment in security solutions in the next 6 months
  • Figure 3: Large enterprises that are considering investment in security solutions in 6 months to 2 years time
  • Figure 4: Large enterprises' preferred approach to buying security solutions
  • Figure 5: Vendors that large enterprises believe to be leaders in the field of security solutions
  • Figure 6: Most influential positions within large enterprises when making investment decisions regarding security solutions
  • Figure 7: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by geography
  • Figure 8: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by company size
  • Figure 9: Breakdown of the Technology Trends sample by company revenue
• List Of Tables