2009 Communications and Computing Benchmark

It’s highly likely that in a few years, we’ll be looking back at 2009 as the year when everything changed for IT. The recession literally decimated IT forces, or worse: Sixty-seven percent of organizations are decreasing their IT departments by an average of 17%. That’s naturally generated extreme interest in outsourcing and managed services—the overarching theme is “outsource everything that’s commoditized."

Based on detailed interviews gathered from over 200 participating individuals representing 190 end-user organizations, Nemertes' 2009 Communications and Computing benchmark is our largest ever, with the industry’s brightest analysis on up-to-date data from buyers of IT technologies.

Analysis and strategic insight includes following topics and technologies:

Data Centers * Strategies & Infrastructure * Energy-Efficiency * Server Virtualization * Management tools	Distributed Enterprise * Branch-Office Strategies * Application/WAN Optimization * New Enterprise Desktop
Corporate Responsibility * IT Spending & Budgets * Outsourcing & Organizational Strategies * Sustainable Solutions/Green Tech * Security Spending & Compliance	Communications * Unified Communications & VOIP * Video Conferencing, Telepresence * Contact Centers * Mobility, wireless, WiMAX, 4G, LTE
Managed, Hosted, and Cloud Computing * MPLS,Ethernet, and VPLS * SIP Trunking