France Results
2015 IT Priorities Survey
32%
29%
20%
18%
18%
15%
15%
15%
14%
12%
12%
12%
10%
7%
Program or project management
General IT management
Security
Server management
Networking
Data center/infrastructure operations
Application management
Compliance/corporate governance
End-user computing/desktop and device …
Application development
Business intelligence/data warehouse
Databases
Storage
Data backup/Disaster recovery
Which best describes the areas to which you devote most of your time?
Job focus
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13% 15% 14%
30%
6%
3% 3%
17%
%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Increase by more than
10%
Increase by 5%-10%
Increase by less than
5%
Same Decrease by less than
5%
Decrease by 5%-10%
Decrease by more
than 10%
Don't know
How do you expect your 2015 budget for information technology to differ from your 2014 budget?
Budget
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44%
29% 27% 27%
21%
14%
9%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Cloud services
Hardware Software Outside services
Staff Maintenance None
Which areas will your budget increase in?
Budget
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47%
26% 26% 24%
20%
4% 4%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Hardware Software Maintenance Staff None Cloud services
Outside services
Which areas will your budget decrease in?
Budget
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40%
34%
27%
19%
16%
15%
14%
10%
Mobility
Data center consolidation
Big data
Social media/collaboration
Unified communications
Compliance
Internet of things
Video conferencing
Which of these broad initiatives will your company implement in 2015?
Planning
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42%
32%
32%
29%
22%
1%
Deploy a mobile enterprise application or application development platform
Implement a bring your own device program for smartphones or tablets
Implement a corporate-issued mobile device program
Deploy mobile device management
Deploy mobile content management
Adopt wearable computers, such as Google Glass or smartwatches
Which of these mobility projects will your company do in 2015? Check all that apply.
Mobility
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39%
25%
24%
24%
23%
22%
19%
15%
11%
9%
9%
7%
Update data center infrastructure
Outsource commodity applications (e.g.,hosted …
Hybrid cloud
Upgrade to VMware vSphere 5.5
Migrate to Windows Server 2012
Create a private cloud
Automate system provisioning and configuration
Hybrid cloud management
Converged/hyper-converged infrastructure
Public cloud security
Containers
NSX (network virtualization)
Which of these data center infrastructure projects will you deploy in 2015? Check all that apply,.
Data center infrastructure
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29%
27%
21%
19%
17%
16%
9%
9%
6%
2%
Cloud storage
Storage virtualization
Scale-out NAS
Storage networking (Fibre channel or Ethernet)
Storage for virtual environments
Data reduction in primary storage (deduplication, …
Software-defined storage
Storage for big data
Solid state storage
Object storage
Which of these primary storage initiatives will your company deploy in 2015?
Primary storage
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40%
34%
29%
24%
23%
16%
16%
8%
Disaster recovery/business continuity
Backup for virtual servers
Cloud backup
Continuous data protection
Snapshots/replication
Data deduplication for backup
Laptop/mobile device backup
New tape technologies (such as LTFS)
Which of these backup storage initiatives will you company deploy in 2015?
Backup storage
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32%
18%
18%
16%
15%
9%
8%
Implement application virtualization
Migrate to Windows 8/8.1
Adopt online applications, such as Windows Office Live, Dropbox or LinkedIn
Adopt desktops as a service (cloud)
Migrate to Windows 10
Migrate to Windows 7
Implement a bring your own PC program
Which of these desktop projects will your company do in 2015? Check all that apply.
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Desktop projects
32% 32%
31% 28%
27% 26%
22% 18%
16% 14% 14%
13% 13%
10% 9%
Network-based security
Identity and access Management
Data loss prevention
Virtualization security
Cloud security
Mobile endpoint security (for iPhones, Android phones, …
Vulnerability management (patch/configuration mgmt)
Threat detection/management on the wire (IDS/IDP, …
Endpoint security (anti-malware, endpoint suites, etc.)
Encryption
Application-based security (tools that “wrap” or monitor the …
Software security (source code and architecture review, …
Security data management/analysis
Threat intelligence services
Forensics capabilities
Which of these security initiatives will your company implement in 2015? Check all that apply
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Security
24%
24%
24%
20%
18%
18%
15%
14%
13%
10%
9%
9%
Business intelligence/analytics/data warehousing
Packaged business applications
Business process automation/business process …
Data integration
Data governance/data quality
Collaboration applications
Big data processing/management
Advanced DBMS (such as in-memory, columnar, NoSQL)
Big data analytics
Mobile applications
Content management
Corporate performance management
Which of the following software initiatives will your company deploy in 2015? Check all that apply.
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Software
25%
23%
23%
22%
17%
15%
Agile development methods
Cloud application development
Service-oriented architecture
Custom application development
Application development and lifecycle managment
Platform as a service
Which of the following software-development related initiatives will your company deploy in 2015? Check all that apply.
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Software development
46%
43%
31%
28%
25%
23%
17%
Software as a service (cloud application)
Private cloud infrastructure with our software (packaged or custom)
Mobile
On premise software/hardware
Platform as a service
Public cloud infrastructure with our software (packaged or custom)
On premise appliance
Which of the following deployment models will your company use in 2015? Check all that apply.
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Deployment models
47%
40%
33%
30%
23%
20%
13%
13%
CRM
ERP
Finance/accounting
Human resources/workforce management
Manufacturing management
Marketing automation
Supply chain management
Social media management/monitoring
Which of the following packaged business applications will you implement or upgrade in 2015? Check all that apply.
Packaged business applications
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23%
21%
20%
16%
14%
12%
11%
9%
Converged storage and data center network fabric
Remote access/branch office connectivity
Network management and monitoring
Network virtualization
Application performance management …
Mobile network monitoring/optimization
Network as a service
Software-defined networking
Which of these networking initiatives will your company implement in 2015?
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Networking
30%
19%
11%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Expand wireless LAN Upgrade wireless LAN Integrate cellular and wireless LAN
Which of these wireless LAN initiatives will your company implement in 2015? Check all that apply.
Wireless LAN
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60%
36%
11% 7%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
10 gigabit 1 gigabit 100 gigabit 40 gigabit
What Ethernet speeds are you currently using in your data center? Check all that apply
Ethernet speeds
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69%
19%
12% 6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
10 gigabit 100 gigabit 40 gigabit 25/50 gigabit, if available
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Ethernet speeds
What Ethernet speeds will you deploy in your data center in 2015? Check all that apply
68%
29%
8%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
1 gigabit 10 gigabit 40 gigabit
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Ethernet speeds
What Ethernet speeds are you currently using in your campus/office environment? Check all that apply
58%
36%
8% 4% 2%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
1 gigabit 10 gigabit 100 gigabit 40 gigabit 25/50 gigabit, if available
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Ethernet speeds
What Ethernet speeds will you deploy in your campus/office environment in 2015? Check all that apply
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Demographics
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Survey was conducted in French and completed by 207 French IT professionals and managers
33%
12%
5%
10%
7% 6%
5% 2%
6%
14%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Less than €10 million
€10 million to
€24.9 million
€25 million to
€49.9 million
€50 million to
€99.9 million
€100 million to €499.9 million
€500 million to €999.9 million
€1 billion to €1.9 billion
€2 billion to €4.9 billion
€5 billion to €9.9 billion
€10 billion or
more
What is the total annual revenue of your organization?
Annual revenue
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25%
7%
12%
6% 4%
13%
9% 7%
4% 5%
9%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
1-49 50-99 100-249 250-499 500- 999 1,000- 4,999
5,000- 9,999
10,000- 24,999
25,000- 49,999
50,000- 99,999
100,000+
How many employees does your company have?
Company size
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74%
19%
6%
%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
I work in corporate IT
I am a business analyst who works with my company's
IT department
I work in IT for a cloud provider
I consult for corporate IT
I work for a vendor that sells to corporate IT
Other
Which best describes your relationship to IT?
Relationship to IT
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25%
19%
16%
13% 13%
10%
3%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Director/ Sr. IT Manager
Mid-level IT manager
IT staff Engineer/ programmer
Architect CIO/CTO/VP Analyst
Which category best describes your title or role?
Job title
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