Forrester's Forrsights For Business Technology

Understanding The Impact Of Technology On Business

Name of survey:  Enterprise And SMB Global IT Budgets And Spending Survey, Q2 2009
Product:  Forrester's Forrsights For Business Technology
Date of survey:  June 2009
Region:  North America and Europe
Respondents:  3,497

Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Global IT Budgets And Spending Survey, Q2 2009, was fielded to 3,497 IT executives and technology decision-makers located enterprises with 1,000 or more employees in Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as from companies with two or more employees in Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This survey is part of Forrester’s suite of Business Data Services studies. Forrester fielded the survey from February 2009 to May 2009. Exëvo fielded this survey via telephone on behalf of Forrester. Survey respondent incentives include a summary of the research reports. 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 19 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

US IT Budget Benchmarks — Preparing For 2010
Andrew Bartels, Craig Symons, January 2010

Best Practices In Resource Management: Put The Right People On The Right Work At The Right Time
Margo Visitacion, Mary Gerush, December 2009

The State Of Global Enterprise IT Budgets: 2009 To 2010
Jennifer Belissent, Ph.D., November 2009

The State Of Enterprise IT Budgets: 2009
Heidi Shey, Andrew Bartels, August 2009

The State Of SMB IT Budgets: 2009
Heidi Shey, Andrew Bartels, August 2009