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ANDOVER, MA -- 03/02/10 -- SalesQuest, the industry leader in high tech sales intelligence reports on Fortune 1000 and Fortune Global 500 companies, announces the top ten emerging technology trends in 2010 that will shape enterprise technology spending.
The technology trends were identified using data from SalesQuest's CRUSH Reports. Research analysts identified companies' current technology business drivers. These technology business drivers derive from sources such as earnings calls, annual reports, executive presentations, and interviews. They are based in corporate strategies, business initiatives, and projects directly tied to IT architectures, IT budgets, executive management changes and new investments in enterprise technology.
SalesQuest has created a SlideShare presentation with examples of these technologies that are already being planned and implemented at Fortune 1000 companies. For example, in 2010, Boeing will be talking to cloud computing providers like Microsoft and Amazon about how they can further leverage cloud computing within their organization.
SalesQuest has developed a list of the hottest 75 Fortune 1000 companies to sell technology to in 2010. This list was compiled based on the extensive research and data that goes into the company's CRUSH Reports. Analysts identified current business problems, initiatives and opportunities at companies like Ford, Chevron, FedEx, and HSBC.
Please visit SalesQuest's Sales Resources page to download other free resources such as the "Strategic Account Plan Template" and "Top 20 CRUSH Report Best Practices." Technology Company Customer Lists are also available for download for SAP, Oracle, EMC, Microsoft and other popular enterprise technologies. Free CRUSH Reports for Goodyear, Ford, FedEx, Best Buy, ExxonMobil, Caterpillar and Nike can also be found on the company website.
CA, Inc., Citrix, RedHat, Symantec, Siemens and more than 300 other high-tech companies use CRUSH Reports and CRUSH Alerts to build sales pipelines and drive new sales revenues in a tough selling economy.
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http://blog.salesquest.com/2010/02/08/top-10-enterprise-technology-buying-trends-2010/
The Top 10 Enterprise Technology Trends That Will Shape 2010 Technology Spending
Monday, February 8, 2010 13:54
Moving into a new decade, technology is only going to become more advanced, and with that, more services are needed to support new technology and its infrastructure. Businesses must use technology to stay in operation and be profitable, but even more; they must be using the newest technology that fits their needs so that they have a competitive advantage and remain profitable. This is especially important in a tough economy as Ann Bednarz highlights in her piece on technology industry trends; if you’re selling to the enterprise, ROI will be crucial to making a sale in 2010 as budgets become tighter and tighter.
When selling an enterprise technology solution, you must communicate how your solution is going to help the customer solve a problem or an opportunity. These technology trends were identified using current business drivers within Fortune 1000 companies and what they’re saying they need to fix or expand in 2010. These are areas will not only be important next year, but over the course of the next few years, and they will have a profound impact on how businesses operate and where they spend their IT budgets.
- Cloud Computing
- Green IT (data center greening, desktop power use)
- Mobile Devices (laptops, smartphones)
- Virtualization
- Security Compliance (government regulations, data breaches)
- IT Cost Optimization
- Outsourcing and Insourcing (service providers)
- Software as a Service (SaaS) (software via the internet)
- E-Commerce
- Grid Computing
- Enterprise Technology Buying Trends in 2010
- View more presentations from SalesQuest.
- Check out our SlideShare document providing more detail and examples of these trends in the Fortune 1000 and why they will be important when selling enterprise technology in the upcoming years.
- Mark Kilens
mark . kilens@salesquest.com
978-749-9999 ext. 118