A Look at the Factors that Impact the Choice of IT Provider by the US Financial Sector

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This report presents data on the brand footprints of IT providers in the finance industry, including the providers that respondents currently purchase from and those that they would consider purchasing from. Data on vendor preference, and the factors that lead to preference, is presented for the following categories of IT products and services: computing products, data networking, telecom services, applications, and business services. The research also includes data on which business processes are most impacted by IT.

Topics Covered

-- Executive Summary

-- IT-Impacted Processes

-- Processes Most Impacted by IT by Size of Business

-- Brand Footprints

-- Telecom and Wireless Providers

-- Application and Computing Providers

-- Networking Providers

-- Providers Currently Used for Purchasing IT Products and Services

-- Providers Seriously Considered for Purchasing IT Products and Services

-- Establishing Preference

-- Computing Products: Preferred Providers

-- Computing Products: Preferred Providers by Size of Business

-- Computing Products: Vendor Preference Factors

-- Computing Products: Vendor Preference Factors by Size of Business

-- Data Networking: Preferred Providers

-- Data Networking: Preferred Providers by Size of Business

-- Data Networking: Vendor Preference Factors

-- Data Networking: Vendor Preference Factors by Size of Business

-- Telecom Services: Preferred Providers

-- Telecom Services: Preferred Providers by Size of Business

-- Telecom Services: Vendor Preference Factors

-- Telecom Services: Vendor Preference Factors by Size of Business

-- Applications: Preferred Providers

-- Applications: Preferred Providers by Size of Business

-- Applications: Vendor Preference Factors.

-- Applications: Vendor Preference Factors by Size of Business

-- Business Services: Preferred Providers

-- Business Services: Preferred Providers by Size of Business

-- Business Services: Vendor Preference Factors

-- Business Services: Vendor Preference Factors by Size of Business

-- Finance Market Demographics

-- Number of Firms

-- Number of Employees

-- Conclusion

-- Methodology

-- Forecasting Techniques

-- Definitions

-- Structured Research Sources

-- IT Trends and Preferences, 12/2004

-- List of Tables

-- List of Figures

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