The IDC Predicts Future IT Spending
September 26, 2012
Read Write Web recently reported on new information released by the IDC in the article, “IT Spending Up- But That Doesn’t Mean More IT Jobs.”
According to the article, IT spending is predicted to increase 6% globally, but that does not correlate with IT job growth. This is due to the fact that the IT spending is replacing IT jobs and hardware with automated software and services.
Despite a lack of spending on hardware over the past three years, the IDC expects to see more PC and hardware sales due to the consumer purchases of Windows 8.
Another reason that IT spending is increasing has to do with the amount that employees are spending on smartphones and tablet devices that are becoming more and more necessary in the corporate work environment.
The article states:
“In the last 18 months, Minton and his colleagues at IDC have seen a steady rise in Chief Information Offices who are giving up on stopping employees from bringing in their own hardware. Many are now considering subsidization programs that let the employee purchase a system of their own.
While this type of spending decentralizes IT expenditures and creates more heterogeneous corporate environments, Minton also believes it actually increases the rate of IT spending. “When business users have more choice, they are enthusiastically buying more powerful hardware,” Minton said.”
The tech estimates are certainly fascinating. We are looking forward to see if these predictions come to fruition.
Jasmine Ashton, September 26, 2012
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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