ICT investment trends in Japan; Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2017

Table of Contents

1 Trends in ICT budgets
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Survey demographics
1.3 ICT budget changes
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 Communications expenditure
1.4.5 Cloud computing budget
1.5 ICT budget allocation by function
1.6 Outsourced IT functions

2 ICT investment priorities and vendor satisfaction
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Business intelligence
2.1.2 Mobility management
2.1.3 Internet of Things (IoT)
2.1.4 Cloud computing

3 ICT procurement trends
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Business objectives influencing IT investment strategy
3.3 ICT provider selection
3.4 Key decision maker for purchasing technology

4 Summary
4.1 Amidst positive economic conditions, Japanese enterprises are planning to make significant investments in their ICT infrastructure

5 Appendix
5.1 Definitions
5.2 Further reading
5.3 Contact the authors

List of Figures

Figure 1: Japan enterprise ICT survey industry breakdown
Figure 2: Japan enterprise ICT survey breakdown by size band (number of employees)
Figure 3: Recent and expected ICT budget changes among Japanese enterprises
Figure 4: Japanese enterprises' (external) ICT budget allocation, 2015 and 2016
Figure 5: Japanese enterprises' average hardware budget allocation
Figure 6: Average allocation of software budgets in Japanese enterprise market
Figure 7: Japanese enterprises' average IT services budget allocation
Figure 8: Japanese enterprises' average communications expenditure
Figure 9: Japanese enterprises' average cloud computing budget allocation by technology
Figure 10: Japanese enterprises' average cloud computing budget allocation by implementation type
Figure 11: Japanese enterprises' ICT budget allocation by function, 2015 and 2016
Figure 12: Outsourced IT functions - Japanese enterprises' current and future outsourcing priorities
Figure 13: Business intelligence - Japanese enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 14: Business intelligence - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among Japanese enterprises
Figure 15: Mobility management - Japanese enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 16: Mobility management - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among Japanese enterprises
Figure 17: IoT - Japanese enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 18: IoT - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among Japanese enterprises
Figure 19: Cloud computing - Japanese enterprises' current and future investment priorities
Figure 20: Cloud computing - selected primary provider and vendor satisfaction among Japanese enterprises
Figure 21: Business objectives which influence Japanese enterprises' IT investment strategy
Figure 22: Factors influencing Japanese enterprises' decision to choose an ICT provider
Figure 23: Role of key entities in making ICT purchasing decisions