- As business applications gain importance among midsize and enterprise companies alike, Oracle today shared the findings of a survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan, titled ‘Business Applications Optimisation in India 2010’ between end 2009 and early 2010.
- The survey was conducted with more than 1500 respondents across Asia Pacific (APAC) to understand the needs of midsize organisations using business applications; help them prioritise their business issues; and assess their ability to execute them.
- Twenty-three percent or 354 APAC respondents were from India, comprising CIOs, IT decision makers, IT managers and business decision makers from midsize companies. The majority of these companies represented the industrial manufacturing, high technology and professional services sectors. Other prominent sectors included engineering/construction, communications, financial services, education and research, automotive, retail, travel and transportation and healthcare.
- All survey respondents were instrumental in owning and deploying business applications in their organisations.
The ability to achieve a fast time to business benefit and fast return on investment were also of much greater concern to Indian respondents as compared to APAC where these attributes did not appear in the top 10 concerns for APAC respondents.
In addition to tracking business requirements, the survey also studied the top 10 performance criteria in the operation of business applications. These included:
1. IT department understanding of the needs of the business
