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Research and Markets: The Future of IT in FinanceResearch and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/h98mkv/the_future_of_it) has announced the addition of the "The Future of IT in Finance" report to their offering. The financial industry is a dynamic, ever-changing one due to new regulatory requirements and dependence on the world's economy. This study explores the challenges for IT departments, most effective technologies in meeting business challenges, and future investments. Research Objectives The overall research objective is to measure the current use and future decision making behavior toward information technology (IT) within the financial sector, specifically: smartphones, tablets, mobile apps, cloud computing, video, audio, and web conferencing, Internet protocol (IP) telephony, company and consumer social media, unified communications client (UCC), time-division multiplexing (TDM) phones, business grade and consumer softphones, customer relationship management (CRM), headsets, machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, and mobile device management (MDM). Speifically, the report aims to: - Understand the IT-related challenges organizations face today - Asses the current and future use of company communications technologies - Evaluate factors that drive investments in company communications technologies - Gauge the communications infrastructure trends - Appraise the available IT budgets - Measure workface impact on IT The financial industry is a dynamic, ever-changing one due to new regulatory requirements and dependence on the world's economy. A few of the major findings in this study include: - The greatest challenges for IT departments are 1) making effective and timely investments and 2) dealing with new regulatory requirements. - The primary focus for financial companies is margin when it comes to investing in IT. - Consumer softphones and social media are most prevalent in the financial industry. - Malware is of the greatest concern when it comes to security risks. - Social media has been very effective in improving employee productivity. Key Topics Covered: 1. Research Objectives and Methodology 2. Executive Summary 3. Attitudes toward General Business Applications Opportunities in the Financial Industry 4. Influential Factors on IT Investments in the Financial Industry 5. Current and Future Use of IT in Financial Industry 6. Impact of Influential Factors on IT in the Financial Industry 7. Opportunities with Vendor Relationships in the Financial Industry 8. IT and Cloud Computing in the Financial Industry 9. Social Media Strategies in the Financial Industry 10. Mobile Devices in the Financial Industry 11. Available IT Budgets for IT in the Financial Industry 12. Impact of the Workforce on IT 13. Profile For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/h98mkv/the_future_of_it
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