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Stats from ERP Supersite.com erpsupersite.com March 15, 1999, Issue: 002 Section: Scoreboard ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scoreboard Al Senia and John Roberts --Stats & Standings-- $4 million: Average per-firm IT dollars spent between January and November 1998.* 35 percent of total IT spending devoted to desktop systems between January and November 1998.* 19 percent of total IT spending devoted to networking hardware, software between January and November 1998.* 15 percent of total IT spending devoted to notebook systems between January and November 1998.* 12 percent of total IT spending devoted to service and support between January and November 1998.* 41 percent of enterprise companies claim their total networked storage is based on hard-disk drives. 40 percent of enterprise companies claim their total networked storage is based on disk arrays or RAID. 9 percent of enterprise companies claim their total networked storage is based on tape drives. 5 percent of enterprise companies claim their total networked storage is based on optical jukeboxes. 17.995 Terabytes: Amount of networked storage capacity large enterprise companies currently have available. 1.473 Terabytes: Amount of networked storage capacity small companies currently have available. -- --Final Results-- Top 5 Reasons Enterprise Companies Increase IT Product & Service Spending* 1. Internal budget factors 2. Year 2000 compliance 3. Upgrading 4. Company expansion 5. Specific business or project needs Top 5 Reasons Enterprise Companies Decrease IT Product & Service Spending* 1. Internal budget constraints 2. Lack of need 3. Waiting for new technology 4. Year 2000 compliance 5. Timing of specific business projects -- --Instant Replay-- Network Storage Spending On Rise 43 percent of IT executives expect spending for networked storage to increase in the next 12 months. 4 percent of IT executives expect spending for networked storage to decrease in the next 12 months. 53 percent of IT executives expect spending for networked storage to stay the same in the next 12 months. -- Leading The Data Conversion Charge 85 percent of large companies move and convert data between mainframes, Unix systems and Windows NT systems. 56 percent of small companies move and convert data between mainframes, Unix systems and Windows NT systems. -- Independence Key In Storage Hardware 73 percent of IT executives buy storage hardware independently from servers. -- Vendor Loyalty Plays Important Role In Enterprise Purchasing 69 percent of IT executives buy storage hardware from the same vendor that provides system hardware. -- --Enterprise Box Scores-- IT Spending Plans* Most enterprise executives say their companies' IT spending is evenly paced. 70% - Evenly throughout the year 12% - Spend more in first quarter 7% - Spend more in fourth quarter 6% - Spend more in second quarter 5% - Spend more in third quarter The Few And The True* 66% of enterprise companies say that 10 or fewer people are involved in formulation of IT spending plans. Tracking The ERP Software Buying Binge*** 2.2 million: Cumulative seats of ERP software sold by SAP by 1997. 13,000: Cumulative licenses of ERP software sold by SAP by 1997. 380,000: Cumulative seats of ERP software sold by Baan by 1997. 3,000: Cumulative licenses of ERP software sold by Baan by 1997. 300,000: Cumulative seats of ERP software sold by PeopleSoft by 1997. 3,000: Cumulative licenses of ERP software sold by PeopleSoft by 1997. 250,000: Cumulative seats of ERP software sold by Oracle by 1997. 2,000: Cumulative licenses of ERP software sold by Oracle by 1997. DATA SOURCES: Monthly CRN IT Spending Survey (Base of 1,000 IT interviews); InformationWeek storage survey (Base of 150 IT executives); **Yankee Group research survey from InformationWeek Copyright ® 1999 CMP Media Inc.