German small and medium-sized companies invest less in key cloud technologies than other European countries. As a result, they miss out on crucial competitive advantages. This report examines which cloud software offers the greatest added value for companies and how German SMEs can better exploit the potential in the SaaS market.
Trend: Investments in digitalization are higher in Germany than internationally
Gartner's 2017 CIO survey examines IT trends in the German market in comparison to the south africa telegram data international market. German CIOs will spend the highest amount on new funding for BI & analytics, ERP and cloud solutions this year. Compared to the CIOs surveyed worldwide, Germany's planned spending here is above the average. German companies want to increase their spending on digitization by 14% in 2018.
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Source: Gartner 2017 CIO Agenda: A Germany Perspective
According to the Digital Change study commissioned by IFS, the investment focus in digitalization in Germany is on Big Data & Analytics (52%), Enterprise Resource Planning (46%) and Software as a Service (33%), followed by Artificial Intelligence and Robotics & Automation with 29% each.