Insurance: A Year In Review
How are companies that <I>InformationWeek</I> considers as IT innovators changing to stay competitive? Examine year-over-year shifts in business-technology practices and priorities in this InformationWeek 500 2004 and 2003 comparison.
SNAPSHOT 2003 INSIDE COMPANIES Average portion of revenue spent on IT 3% Average percentage of industry applications and business processes that have Web-based front ends 41% Companies with real-time business processes in place 68% HOW COMPANIES DIVIDE THEIR IT BUDGETS Hardware purchases 16% Services or outsourcing 15% Research and development 3% Salaries and benefits 34% Applications 21% Everything else 11% INDUSTRY FINANCIALS Average year-over-year revenue change 4% Average year-over-year net income change -49% DATA: INFORMATIONWEEK RESEARCH
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