In 2013, IT buyers will be looking for increased stability and better ways to prepare for the next five years in their business cycle, according the the latest market study by Ovum.

“The fact that we live in very uncertain times makes investment decision-making even more difficult. With continuing instability across the global markets and even in locations with historically robust growth – such as China and India – the outlook for IT services in 2013 is unpredictable,” said Jens Butler, principal analyst, IT Services at Ovum.

Ovum believes that business leaders will be looking for greater reliability in their IT usage and – as a consequence – seeking stability, capability and accessibility among their external service providers.

Growing trend towards cloud applications

Moreover, Ovum has published three “Trends to Watch” reports on cloud computing – which reveals that 2013 will see managed cloud services continue to grow rapidly.

Their Private and Public Clouds report …