Forrester's Forrsights For Business Technology

Understanding The Impact Of Technology On Business

Name of survey:  Global IT Budgets, Priorities, And Emerging Technology Tracking Survey, Q2 2010
Product:  Forrester's Forrsights For Business Technology
Date of survey:  June 2010
Region:  North America and Europe
Respondents:  2,803

Forrester's Global IT Budgets, Priorities, And Emerging Technology Tracking Survey, Q2 2010, was fielded to 2,803 IT executives and technology decision-makers located in Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, China/Hong Kong, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, the UK, and the US from SMB and enterprise companies with 100 or more employees. This survey is part of Forrester’s suite of Business Data Services studies. Forrester fielded the survey from March 2010 to May 2010. LinkedIn Research Network fielded this survey online on behalf of Forrester. Survey respondent incentives included gift certificates and research summaries. We have provided exact sample sizes in this report on a question-by-question basis. Forrester’s Business Data Services fields eight business-to-business technology studies in 12 countries each calendar year. For quality control, we carefully screen respondents according to job title and function. Business Data Services ensures that the final survey population contains only those with significant involvement in the planning, funding, and purchasing of IT products and services. Additionally, quotas are set for company size (number of employees) and industry as a means of controlling the data distribution and establishing alignment with IT spend calculated by Forrester analysts.

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The documents and figures below summarize the findings from this research

Systems Integration Spend Rebounds In 2010
Liz Herbert, August 2010