IT spend up 1% in 2001 - IDC

Published: 17 November 2001 y., Saturday
The figure comes from IDC which forecast spending growth will recover slowly to 5.5 per cent by the end of 2002. The year 2000 saw 12 per cent growth. The analyst firm predicts hardware spending will decline 9 per cent this year, and a further 1 per cent drop will follow in 2002. But software and services spending growth will recover, to some extent, in 2002, with an upturn in the second half of the year expected to produce 2002 worldwide growth rates of 11 per cent for software and 9 per cent for services. The US slowdown has spread to Western Europe. Hardware spending there will show a decline of 4 per cent this year and will decline by a further 2 per cent in 2002. In Japan, PC spend is declining by 16 per cent this year. According to IDC, software spending will recover to the strong growth rates of previous years, driven by investment in ebusiness and other areas. IT services will remain strong as well, recording 9 per cent growth worldwide this year despite the industry slowdown. IDC's figures are the results of a study, Operation Beacon, set up to quantify the impact of the September 11 terrorist attacks, along with other economic factors, on the state of the worldwide IT market.
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