Table 1: Which of the following solution areas do you currently have or use? 3
Table 2: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you prioritize for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years? 4
Table 3: Which of the following do you currently have or use, and which would you priorities for investment in the next 6 months? 2 years? - Enterprises investing within the next 2 years by country 6
Table 4: How much investment are you making in your single biggest IT project in budget year 2007? Which technology area does this fall under? - respondents stating "Enterprise applications" 8
Table 5: Please rank the two most influential positions in your organization when making investment decisions regarding enterprise applications. 9
Table 6: Please rank the two most influential positions in your organization when making investment decisions regarding enterprise applications - by country. 10
Table 7: What is your preferred approach to buying enterprise applications? By country 11
Table 8: What is your preferred approach to buying enterprise applications? 12
Table 9: Which of the following technology areas do you outsource now, or are you considering outsourcing in the next 6 months? 12 months? - By country 14
Table 10: Please pick two firms which you believe to be 'leaders' in the field of enterprise applications 15
Table 11: Please pick two firms which you believe to be 'leaders' in the field of enterprise applications - by enterprise size. 16
Figure 1: Ongoing investment results in increased penetration in all enterprise application solution areas 2
Figure 2: Despite a high penetration, the investment in CRM and ERP will continue to grow 3
Figure 3: Enterprises in Germany are refraining from investment in more than three solution areas simultaneously 5
Figure 4: Larger enterprises are ready to undertake enterprise application projects of a considerable size 7
Figure 5: CEOs are the most influential primary decision makers, but CIOs can be very important 8
Figure 6: In the US CIOs are more influential than CEOs 9
Figure 7: Hosted solutions rival on-premise deployments only in Italy and Germany 11
Figure 8: Resellers play an important role in sourcing strategies, particularly for hosted solutions 12
Figure 9: Enterprises in the UK and Australia plan to step up enterprise application outsourcing in the next 12 months 13
Figure 10: Top three vendors accounting for 94% of the mindshare indicating a very concentrated market 14
Figure 11: Oracle and SAP encroach on Microsoft's mindshare higher up the market 15
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