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Worldwide IT Benchmark Report 2006: Introduction: Executive Summary
18 November 2005
 
Jed Rubin   Linda Tracy   Jamie K. Guevara  

Provides a high level overview of the findings from the 2006 edition of the Worldwide IT Benchmark Report, including key spending and staffing trends by industry and geography.





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Table of Contents


    
 Executive Overview

1.0
    
 Overview: How Effective is Your Organization?
2.0
    
 The Essential Facts
3.0
    
 Demographics: The Richest Data Set Available
4.0
    
 Spending: Putting on the Brakes
5.0
    
 The Outlook: Optimization & Optimism
6.0
    
 IT Portfolio Trends: Spending
7.0
    
 IT Portfolio Trends: Staffing
8.0
    
 Conclusions


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Distribution of Participants - 2005 By Industry - Full Database
 

Figure 2. 
 Distribution of Participants - 2005 By Region - Full Database
 

Figure 3. 
 Change in IT Spending by Industry/Sector: 2004-2005
 

Figure 4. 
 Change in IT Spending by Region: 2004-2005
 

Figure 5. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Revenue by Industry: 2005
 

Figure 6. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Revenue by Region: 2005
 

Figure 7. 
 IT Spending per Employee by Industry/Sector: 2005
 

Figure 8. 
 IT Spending per Employee by Region: 2005
 

Figure 9. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Operational Expense by Industry/Sector: 2005
 

Figure 10. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Operational Expense by Region: 2005
 

Figure 11. 
 Agility Measures Revenue Change Vs IT Spend Change: 2004-2005
 

Figure 12. 
 Agility Measures OpEx Change Vs IT Spend Change: 2004-2005
 

Figure 13. 
 IT Spending Plans in 2006: Planned Change in IT Spending by Industry
 

Figure 14. 
 Change in IT Budget, 2005-2006 by Region
 

Figure 15. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Revenue by Industry: 2006
 

Figure 16. 
 IT Spending per Employee by Industry/Sector: 2006
 

Figure 17. 
 IT Spending as a Percentage of Operational Expense by Industry/Sector: 2006
 

Figure 18. 
 Agility Measures Revenue Change Vs IT Spend Change: 2005-2006
 

Figure 19. 
 Agility Measures OpEx Change Vs IT Spend Change: 2005-2006
 

Figure 20. 
 IT Operational Versus Capital Expenses: 2002-2005
 

Figure 21. 
 IT Operational Versus Capital Expenses: by Region
 

Figure 22. 
 Distribution of IT Spend: Hardware, Software, Personnel, Outsourcing: 2002-2006
 

Figure 23. 
 Distribution of IT Spend : Hardware, Software, Personnel, Outsourcing: 2005 by Region
 

Figure 24. 
 Distribution of Spending by Technology Area: 2002-2005
 

Figure 25. 
 Distribution of Spending by Technology Area: by Region
 

Figure 26. 
 Percent of Spending on Outsourcing by Technology Area: 2005
 

Figure 27. 
 IT Spending on Run, Grow, and Transform the Business: 2002-06
 

Figure 28. 
 IT Spending on Run, Grow, and Transform the Business: by Region
 

Figure 29. 
 IT Spending on Business Function
 

Figure 30. 
 Detailed Spending Priorities: 2005
 

Figure 31. 
 Detailed Spending Priorities for 2005: Increase by Industry
 

Figure 32. 
 Detailed Spending Priorities for 2005: Decrease by Industry
 

Figure 33. 
 IT Employees as a Percentage of Total Employees by Industry: 2005
 

Figure 34. 
 IT Employees as a Percentage of Total Employees by Region: 2005
 

Figure 35. 
 Distribution of Staff by Technology Area: 2002-2005
 

Figure 36. 
 Contractors as a Percentage of Total Staff by Industry: 2005
 

Figure 37. 
 Contractors as a Percentage of Total Staff by Region: 2005
 

Figure 38. 
 IT Staff Turnover by Region: 2005
 



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