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Among the critical trends that IDC identified:
• 2006 The growth of IT spending in 2006 has proceeded with expectations, despite macroeconomic factors like a spike in oil prices and a slump in housing sales.
• Top Sectors 2007 Key areas that will see robust spending in 2007 include security,
mobility, application upgrades – in particularly back office apps – and business
intelligence. “Infrastructure is still a big focus as well,” Minton says. “It’s the
reason why we still have high growth rates for things like storage solution and storage management software.”
mobility, application upgrades – in particularly back office apps – and business
intelligence. “Infrastructure is still a big focus as well,” Minton says. “It’s the
reason why we still have high growth rates for things like storage solution and storage management software.”
• Disruptive influences Forces that might upset the apple cart include Web-based
software – which IDC notes is growing surprisingly fast – and the impact of open source software.
software – which IDC notes is growing surprisingly fast – and the impact of open source software.
• Workers? A shortage of skilled workers will play a role, due to management
resistance to hiring and a scarcity of certain key skill sets among IT staffers.
resistance to hiring and a scarcity of certain key skill sets among IT staffers.
• Smooth Sailing – Probably “If you look at the overall industry picture for
2007, we don’t think it’s going to be massively different from 2006,” Minton
says. Global IT spending in ‘07 will be around 6.5 percent, essentially in line
with the ’06 figure. But Minton points out that this assumes we don’t have
additional negative shifts in the economy, and none of a host of possible wildcards
don’t rear their ugly head.
2007, we don’t think it’s going to be massively different from 2006,” Minton
says. Global IT spending in ‘07 will be around 6.5 percent, essentially in line
with the ’06 figure. But Minton points out that this assumes we don’t have
additional negative shifts in the economy, and none of a host of possible wildcards
don’t rear their ugly head.
• Growth rates by Sector IDC predicts that the various sectors of U.S. tech
spending will grow in 2007 as follows: Servers: 4 percent; PC: more than 6
percent; Network: almost 8 percent; Storage: a little over 2 percent; Software:
topping 8 percent; Services: more than 5 percent.
source: IDC
spending will grow in 2007 as follows: Servers: 4 percent; PC: more than 6
percent; Network: almost 8 percent; Storage: a little over 2 percent; Software:
topping 8 percent; Services: more than 5 percent.
source: IDC
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