Top 10 Companies in the Australian Energy and Utilities Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2010

Introduction

This databook provides estimates of IT spending for the top 10 companies in the Australian Energy and Utilities industry. The databook is a comprehensive source of IT spending by company, including assessment by technology and channel. The databook also provides information on the IT contracts of these companies where available.

Scope

*Ovum's view of the top 10 companies in the Australian Energy and Utilities sector in terms of IT spending

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies

*Details of IT services contracts by company where available

Highlights

The top 10 companies in the Australian energy and utilities industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on services, a segment that accounted for about 25% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on software and hardware.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to external IT. Product vendor alone accounted for approximately 24% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies. BHP Billiton Group remained the leading company in terms of spending on the various channels, followed by Wesfarmers Limited and Caltex Australia Limited.

Reasons to Purchase

*Gain insight into IT budget breakdown of top 10 companies in the Australian Energy and Utilities industry and identify notable areas of allocation

*Identify organizations with top IT expenditures in your target markets

*Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
INTRODUCTION 9
Reasons to purchase 9
Definitions 9
Australian Energy and Utilities Industry: Estimated Spending on IT 12
Overview 12
Estimated spending by technology segment 14
Estimated IT spending by channel 16
BHP Billiton Group 18
Budget overview 18
BHP Billiton Group, estimated spending on IT 19
BHP Billiton Group, estimated IT spending by channel 23
BHP Billiton Group, IT contracts 25
Wesfarmers Limited 29
Budget overview 29
Wesfarmers Limited, estimated spending on IT 30
Wesfarmers Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 34
Caltex Australia Limited 36
Budget overview 36
Caltex Australia Limited, estimated spending on IT 37
Caltex Australia Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 41
Shell Australia Limited 43
Budget overview 43
Shell Australia Limited, estimated spending on IT 44
Shell Australia Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 48
Origin Energy Limited 50
Budget overview 50
Origin Energy Limited, estimated spending on IT 51
Origin Energy Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 55
Woodside Petroleum Limited 57
Budget overview 57
Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated spending on IT 58
Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated IT spending by channel 62
Woodside Petroleum Limited, IT contracts 64
Energyaustralia 68
Budget overview 68
EnergyAustralia, estimated spending on IT 69
EnergyAustralia, estimated IT spending by channel 73
Santos Ltd 75
Budget overview 75
Santos Ltd, estimated spending on IT 76
Santos Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 80
Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group 82
Budget overview 82
Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated spending on IT 83
Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated IT spending by channel 87
Country Energy 89
Budget overview 89
Country Energy, estimated spending on IT 90
Country Energy, estimated IT spending by channel 94
Appendix 96
Methodology 96
Further reading 97
Disclaimer 98

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Top ten companies in the Australian energy and utilities industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009–10 12
Figure 2: Top ten companies in the Australian energy and utilities industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 14
Figure 3: Top ten companies in the Australian energy and utilities industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 16
Figure 4: BHP Billiton Group, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 19
Figure 5: BHP Billiton Group, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 21
Figure 6: BHP Billiton Group, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 23
Figure 7: Wesfarmers Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 30
Figure 8: Wesfarmers Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 32
Figure 9: Wesfarmers Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 34
Figure 10: Caltex Australia Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 37
Figure 11: Caltex Australia Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 39
Figure 12: Caltex Australia Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 41
Figure 13: Shell Australia Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 44
Figure 14: Shell Australia Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 46
Figure 15: Shell Australia Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 48
Figure 16: Origin Energy Limited, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 51
Figure 17: Origin Energy Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 53
Figure 18: Origin Energy Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 55
Figure 19: Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 58
Figure 20: Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 60
Figure 21: Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 62
Figure 22: EnergyAustralia, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 69
Figure 23: EnergyAustralia, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 71
Figure 24: EnergyAustralia, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 73
Figure 25: Santos Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 76
Figure 26: Santos Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 78
Figure 27: Santos Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 80
Figure 28: Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated spending by IT segment (%), 2009 83
Figure 29: Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 85
Figure 30: Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 87
Figure 31: Country Energy, estimated spending by IT segment, 2009 90
Figure 32: Country Energy, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 92
Figure 33: Country Energy, estimated spending on IT by channel (%), 2009 94


LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Definitions: IT segments and sub segments 10
Table 2: Definitions: channels 11
Table 3: Top ten companies in the Australian energy and utilities industry, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2009–10 13
Table 4: Top ten companies in the Australian energy and utilities industry, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2009 15
Table 5: Top ten companies in the Australian energy and utilities industry, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 17
Table 6: BHP Billiton Group, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 18
Table 7: BHP Billiton Group, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 18
Table 8: BHP Billiton Group, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 20
Table 9: BHP Billiton Group, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 22
Table 10: BHP Billiton Group, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 24
Table 11: IT contract: BHP Billiton Group – Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) (1) 25
Table 12: IT contract: BHP Billiton Group – IBM Corp 27
Table 13: IT contract: BHP Billiton Group – Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) (2) 28
Table 14: Wesfarmers Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 29
Table 15: Wesfarmers Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 29
Table 16: Wesfarmers Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 31
Table 17: Wesfarmers Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 33
Table 18: Wesfarmers Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 35
Table 19: Caltex Australia Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 36
Table 20: Caltex Australia Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 36
Table 21: Caltex Australia Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 38
Table 22: Caltex Australia Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 40
Table 23: Caltex Australia Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 42
Table 24: Shell Australia Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 43
Table 25: Shell Australia Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 43
Table 26: Shell Australia Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 45
Table 27: Shell Australia Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 47
Table 28: Shell Australia Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 49
Table 29: Origin Energy Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 50
Table 30: Origin Energy Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 50
Table 31: Origin Energy Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 52
Table 32: Origin Energy Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 54
Table 33: Origin Energy Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 56
Table 34: Woodside Petroleum Limited, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 57
Table 35: Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 57
Table 36: Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 59
Table 37: Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 61
Table 38: Woodside Petroleum Limited, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 63
Table 39: IT contract: Woodside Petroleum Limited – Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) (1) 64
Table 40: IT contract: Woodside Petroleum Limited – Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) (2) 66
Table 41: EnergyAustralia, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 68
Table 42: EnergyAustralia, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 68
Table 43: EnergyAustralia, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 70
Table 44: EnergyAustralia, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 72
Table 45: EnergyAustralia, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 74
Table 46: Santos Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 75
Table 47: Santos Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 75
Table 48: Santos Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 77
Table 49: Santos Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 79
Table 50: Santos Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 81
Table 51: Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 82
Table 52: Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 82
Table 53: Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 84
Table 54: Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 86
Table 55: Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 88
Table 56: Country Energy, IT budget estimates (%), 2009–10 89
Table 57: Country Energy, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2009 89
Table 58: Country Energy, estimated spending by IT segment ($m), 2009 91
Table 59: Country Energy, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2009 93
Table 60: Country Energy, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2009 95


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