IT Industry Business Confidence Report H2 2017
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GlobalData’s "IT Industry Business Confidence Report H2 2017", examines executives’ opinion about the business environment during H2 2017. It also highlights existing economic conditions, supplier price variations, sales performance, industry and company growth outlook, spending patterns, and key priorities. Additionally, the report provides information categorized by region.
The existing economic environment is stable for the IT industry, and customer confidence levels will remain constant during H2 2017 (September 2017 to February 2018). The IT companies are positive about the economic conditions in North America due to the positive growth in IT markets in the US and Canada. Globally, the IT industry is expected to record higher expenditure towards customer retention and improving operational efficiency in H2 2017 as compared to H1 2017 (February-July 2017). However, executives with business operations in the Asia-Pacific expect increase in hardware and software prices in H2 2017 as compared to H1 2017.
What else does this report offer?
– Current state of the global economy: examines prevailing economic conditions globally and across various regions
– Company and industry growth outlook: provides industry executives’ expectations towards the growth prospects of their company and the industry over the next six months
– Change in customer confidence: analyzes IT industry executives’ opinion about the change in customer confidence during H2 2017
– Supplier prices projection: determines expected change in supplier prices across various categories and their impact on business confidence
– Change in staff headcount and sales performance: tracks expected change in staff headcount and sales for H2 2017 among industry executives globally
– Significant investment activities: highlights various areas in which industry executives intend to invest over the next six months
– Business concerns: provides information about potential business concerns indicated by survey respondents for H2 2017
– Key priorities: identifies the top priorities of industry executives operating in various regions.
Scope
– Economic environment in North America and Western Europe are more favorable in H2 2017 as compared to H1 2017
– Executives operating in the Asia-Pacific region expect a five percentage points increase in customer confidence levels in H2 2017 as compared to H1 2017
– Executives with business operations in the Asia-Pacific region expect an increase in hardware prices in H2 2017 as compared to H1 2017
– Globally, organizations intend to focus on customer retention and new product development during the next six months
Reasons to Buy
– Helps organizations to make effective business strategy decisions by knowing the prevailing business conditions and sentiment within the IT industry
– Organizations will be supported in business expansion decisions by providing information about projected change in sales performance and supplier prices
– Helps to improve operational efficiency of the organization by knowing about key priorities and the main concerns of IT industry executives
– Helps to alter investment allocation by understanding key focus areas highlighted by survey respondents during H2 2017
International Business Machines Corporation
Science Applications International Corp
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
iSoftStone Holdings Limited
Oracle Corporation
Cisco Systems Inc.
Infosys Limited
Wipro Limited
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