target audience: TECH SUPPLIER Publication date: Aug 2023 - Document type: IDC Survey - Doc Document number: # US51163723
Worldwide Enterprise Connectivity Investment Priorities: Top Growth Areas to Drive Agility and Improve Business Outcomes
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Abstract
This IDC Survey summarizes enterprise connectivity investment expectations as captured in IDC's Future of Connectedness Worldwide Sentiment Survey, conducted in May and June 2023. Data from this survey is published in multiple documents. This document looks across the entire connectivity technology landscape to understand investment priorities for the enterprises as they transform networks, applications, and processes to increase agility. The top areas of connectivity investment highlight the direct links between top-priority business outcomes and enterprise connectivity investment challenges, current state of enterprise "connectedness" and strategies based on region, vertical markets, and enterprise size.
In this survey, 770 participants represent a global mix of industries and geographies. All are senior IT and line-of-business decision makers tasked with shaping strategic technology, architecture, operating model, and vendor choices for their organizations' network, connectivity, device, and service engagement strategy.
"As enterprises continue to struggle with data and connectivity silos across their organizations, evolving security threats, and ongoing challenge of managing data growth on premises and in the cloud, over two-third of enterprises expect to increase spending on cloud connectivity solutions and network security over the next 12 months to help address these concerns," explains Paul Hughes, research director, Future of Connectedness at IDC. "As more enterprises align connectivity investments to business outcomes, expect increasing investment in hybrid work technologies like remote work and cloud-based unified communications technologies that improve employee productivity, leverage the cloud for data management, and facilitate ease of application access and usage.