Monday, October 14, 2013

Understanding Gartner's 2013 Global IT Spending Downgrade

Understanding Gartner's 2013 Global IT Spending Downgrade

By Joesph B. Kappernick


At the start of the year Gartner's forecast for Global IT Spending was predicted for 4.1 percent. Due to the fluctuations of the U.S. dollar exchange rates, Gartner has adjusted their forecast to 2 percent. The positive point that was emphasized was that IT was still growing, slowly but steady.

Due to weaker sales in the PC market, Gartner also adjust the forecast for this department. 7.9 percent down to 2.8 percent. Even if the projected new devices hit the market in the second half of the year, it is not hopeful that their sales will compensate for the monies lost during the first half of the year.

IT services are expected to grow at 2.2 percent, while data center systems are predicted to grow by 2.1 percent. What does that mean for your business?

Companies need to be prepared for the universal impact that BYOD will have on their IT spending. As NPI analysts have said before, "BYOD is driving higher spending in mobile device management. Network security, bandwidth, and IT support."

The new trend for major software vendors is to change their licensing procedures to be more device-based. This move gives access to "third party" restrictions. This is their response to teh overwhelming growth of sales in tablets and mobile devices.

With the resurgence of telecom, up 0.9 percent this year. Now is the time to look at your TEM policies and evaluate how they are working for you. If your company does not have a strict TE M policy in force now is the time to start one, Since there is little price competition in both the fixed and mobile markets, add that to the list complexities on telecom expense management it only equals to a hard to manage expense. Create your policies or consult a third-party expert today.




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