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IT Spending for Investment Services Firms, 2007
22 May 2007
 
Peter Redshaw  

Investment services firms have special drivers and allocations for IT spending that are peculiar to this industry. However, differences in the sector itself, according to size, type and profile, influence IT spending patterns.





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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Introduction

1.1
    
 Industry Structure
1.2
    
 Survey Methodology
1.3
    
 Using the Results of This Survey
2.0
    
 IT Spending Trends in the Investment Services Sector
3.0
    
 Survey Analysis

3.1
    
 Fundamental Demographics
3.2
    
 Further Demographics
3.3
    
 IT Spending
3.4
    
 Changes in IT Spending
3.5
    
 IT Budget Metrics
3.6
    
 IT Spending Control
3.7
    
 IT Investment Drivers
4.0
    
 Hardware Spending

4.1
    
 Hardware Spending Headlines
4.2
    
 Hardware Spending Details
5.0
    
 Software

5.1
    
 Software Spending Headlines
5.2
    
 Software Spending Details
5.3
    
 Changes in Software Spending (Industry-Specific Applications)
5.4
    
 Changes in Software Spending (Industry-Standard Applications)
5.5
    
 Changes in Software Spending (Infrastructure Applications)
5.6
    
 Software Sourcing
6.0
    
 Networking and Telecommunications

6.1
    
 Networking and Telecommunications Spending Headlines
6.2
    
 Networking and Telecommunications Spending Details
7.0
    
 External IT Services

7.1
    
 External IT Services Spending Headlines
7.2
    
 External IT Services Spending Details
7.3
    
 Labor and Resources
7.4
    
 Delivery of External IT Services
8.0
    
 General IT Topics

8.1
    
 Replacement Cycles
8.2
    
 Internal IT Employee Allocation
8.3
    
 Allocation of IT Operating Budget
9.0
    
 Recommendations

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 ISF Changes, 2005 vs. 2006 (Percent)
 

Table 2.  
 Applicability of Statements for IT Planning and Operations (Percent)
 

Table 3.  
 IT Investment Drivers, 2006 (Percent)
 

Table 4.  
 Hardware Spending Details, 2007 (Percent)
 

Table 5.  
 Software Spending by Industry-Standard Application, 2006 (Percent)
 

Table 6.  
 Software Spending by Infrastructure Application, 2006 (Percent)
 

Table 7.  
 Industry-Specific Software Spending Details (Percent), 2007
 

Table 8.  
 Industry-Standard Software Spending Details (Percent), 2007
 

Table 9.  
 Infrastructure Software Spending Changes, 2007 (Percent)
 

Table 10.  
 Software Classification (Percent)
 

Table 11.  
 Software Models (Percent)
 

Table 12.  
 Networking and Telecommunications Spending Details, 2006 (Percent)
 

Table 13.  
 External IT Services Spending Details, 2006
 

Table 14.  
 Delivery of External IT Services, 2006 (Percent)
 

Table 15.  
 Replacement Cycles by Equipment Type, 2007 (Months)
 

Table 16.  
 Allocation of Spending on Internal IT Employees, 2007 (Percent)
 

Table 17.  
 Allocation of IT Operating Budget, 2006 (Percent)
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 IT Spending by Profile, 2006
 

Figure 2. 
 Annual Change in IT Spending, 2007
 

Figure 3. 
 IT Spending Results vs. IT Budget, 2006
 

Figure 4. 
 IT OPEX vs. CAPEX, 2006
 

Figure 5. 
 IT Spending Control, 2006
 

Figure 6. 
 IT Spending by Category, 2006
 

Figure 7. 
 Hardware Spending Changes
 

Figure 8. 
 Software Spending by Application Type
 

Figure 9. 
 IT Spending by Industry-Specific Business Application
 

Figure 10. 
 IT Spending by Industry-Standard Business Application
 

Figure 11. 
 IT Spending by Infrastructure Application
 

Figure 12. 
 Software Spending Changes by Industry-Specific Application
 

Figure 13. 
 Software Spending Changes by Industry-Standard Application
 

Figure 14. 
 Software Spending Changes by Infrastructure Application
 

Figure 15. 
 Networking and Telecommunications Spending Changes
 

Figure 16. 
 External IT Services Spending Changes
 

Figure 17. 
 Labor and Resources, 2006 vs. 2007
 

Figure 18. 
 Use for External Labor, 2006 vs. 2007
 

Figure 19. 
 Changes in Delivery of External IT Services
 

Figure 20. 
 Allocation of Spending on Internal IT Employees, 2006 vs. 2007
 

Figure 21. 
 Allocation of IT Operating Budget, 2006
 



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