IT Services Contracts Monthly Roundup, June 2008

IT Services Contracts Monthly Roundup, June 2008

Introduction

An analyst-based report on the contracts signed in the previous month, with graphical representation of key activity by volume and value for industries and IT services domains. The analysis will cover any significant deals and compare activities to the previous 12 months, highlighting contracts up for expiration.

Scope

*Covers global markets, including North America, EMEA and the emerging markets in APAC and Latin America

*Covers all deal types in all IT services domains, including infrastructure, applications and BPO

Highlights

The main trends seen during the month include the y-o-y increase of 25 % in the contract volume, network management deals accounting for 32.6% of the total deal value, and increase in the outsourcing expenditure by telecom sector.

Other trends include deals valued at less than $25m accounting for 65.2% of the total volume, CSC securing the highest total deal value, and deals largely focused on North America.

Reasons to Purchase

*Track major deals among your competitors and plan your strategy accordingly

*Understand which deals are set to expire, and when

*Analyze trends by IT Services domain and by client industry and country

DATAMONITOR VIEW 1
CATALYST 1
SUMMARY 1
ANALYSIS 3
IT services contract volume jumped 25% year-on-year to 170 in June 2008 3
Deals valued at less than $25m accounted for 65% of total volume 4
Volume of deals ranging between $100m-$500m showed a sequential decline of 56% 4
Demand for network management services continued to increase 5
Number of infrastructure management deals declined 14% year-on year 6
Telecommunications sector witnessed 84% year-on-year increase in IT spending 7
IT expenditure in the defense sector decreased on the previous month 8
CSC garnered the highest deal value in June 2008 9
Enterprises preferred short duration deals signed for less than three years 10
IT service contracts remained focused on North America during June 2008 11
Of all the contracts expiring in the next six months, 22% are system integration contracts 13
Out of the total contracts expiring by December 2008, 27% belong to government agencies 14
Synopsis 15
Appendix 16
Bibliography 17
Datamonitor consulting 17
Disclaimer 17
List of Tables
Table 1: Top 10 contracts signed in June 2008 by value 2
Table 2: Definitions - IT Services 16
List of Figures
Figure 1: Number of contracts in the IT services sector, June 2007 to June 2008 4
Figure 2: Breakdown of contracts by domain, June 2007 to June 2008 5
Figure 3: Breakdown of contracts by industry, June 2007 to June 2008 7
Figure 4: Contracts won by vendors, June 2007 to June 2008 9
Figure 5: Figure 5: Contracts by duration, June 2007 to June 2008 10
Figure 6: Volume of contracts by geographic location 11
Figure 7: Contracts expiring by IT service type, July 2008 to November 2008* 13
Figure 8: Contracts expiring by vertical industries, June 2008 to November 2008* 14