The research has sampled the opinions of IT decision-makers in UK schools, academies and colleges, and examines the education sector’s concerns surrounding issues such as IT budgeting and strategy, purchase decision influencers and the barriers to delivery of satisfactory levels of IT uptake within education. The research will also gauge the industry’s current position in the debates on IT outsourcing, managed services, IT security and the importance of IT recycling.
James Bird, CEO of Stone Group, comments, “At present there is a great deal being discussed about how the education sector will react to the current challenging economic environment and how it will impact budgets and service delivery in 2010. We have employed Redshift Research to conduct this study in order to better understand the likely effect of the economic conditions and the attitudes of the IT decision-makers in this sector.”
“We believe that this research is likely to highlight that the education sector is increasingly exploring IT outsourcing opportunities to bolster their service provisions to students, and to find reliable, policy-driven and cost-effective solutions. Come and join us on 13th Jan at BETT 2010 and we will share the results of the survey.”
Bird concludes, “As a technology solutions provider, we are developing our software and services offerings specifically for the education marketplace. Professional services, managed services and outsourced IT services appear to be gathering a great deal of interest from schools and LAs. All such services allow them to focus on their core skills of teaching and managing schools and classrooms. We think it is likely that the research will show the IT and business process outsourcing markets has grown and will continue to grow in the coming year. At Stone Group we are committed to being at the forefront of this growth curve.”
Stone Group will also be launching a series of new hardware and software products at BETT 2010 – full details will be available on stand H39 on 13 January 2010.
Source:http://productivityapps.itbusinessnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=944845
