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Research and Markets: Nordic IT Resources Spending Allocation & Trends - Examine Case Studies of Major Nordic Companies 2008-2009
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3f980a/it_resources_spend) has announced the addition of the "IT Resources Spending – Allocation & Trends: Large Nordic companies 2008-2009" report to their offering.

The report is written for the needs and requirements of suppliers of IT products and services towards large Nordic companies.

Scope of the report:

- IT spending allocation of a representative sample of large Nordic companies

- IT spending levels for different types of IT resources

- Total spending per stationary and laptop PC

- Salaries for different types of IT professionals and consulting fees for different types of IT services

It is not only absolute levels of IT spending that are changing in Nordic companies. In response to changes in prices of different IT resources, new technologies and other trends the companies are also reallocating their IT budgets, shifting spending from one IT resource area to another.

Current IT resources spending allocations and trends:

IT Resources Spending - Allocation & Trends 2008-2009 maps out the current IT resource spending allocation and trends in Nordic companies. In the report the allocation on IT resources (hardware, software, staff etc) is shown. Furthermore, both Nordic companies’ salaries for different types of IT staff and fees paid for different types of IT consulting services are presented and compared. In addition to this the report looks at the total costs for stationary and laptop PCs.

IT Resources Spending - Allocation & Trends 2008-2009 is designed to:
 
- Report on the share of IT costs spent on different IT resources such as hardware, software and staff, in Nordic companies.
- Provide spending key ratios for different IT resources such as IT staff cost per IT user.
- Present information on yearly total cost of ownership for basic configured stationary and laptop PCs.
- Show the yearly costs for different types of IT employees such as systems developers and support staff.
- Report on the hourly fees for different types of IT consultants such as IT architect and project managers.
 
Spending data and forecasts for:
 
- Hardware
- Software
- IT staff
- External IT services
- Data communication
- IT consultants fees
- Yearly costs per staff category
- PCs
 
Key Topics Covered:
 
- Overview of IT resources and IT spending ratios
- Hardware spending
- Stationary and laptop PC costs
- Software spending
- IT staff spending
- External services spending
- External services spending as a share of total IT spending
- Hourly IT consultant fees
- Data communications spending
- Facilities spending

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3f980a/it_resources_spend.

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