Gartner: Company of 1/4 United States is cut a quarterly IT expenditure

April 4, 2008

Beijing time on April 4 message, according to foreign media coverage, the market studies a research that company Gartner released a few days ago shows, the presiding news official that has company of 1/4 United States (CIO) express, they had reduced the IT expenditure budget first quarter. Reduce IT budget expenditure, below the case that report gives to did not show improving sign in American economic depression, the enterprise reduces expenses cost in effort.

To the whole world the discovery in the investigation of 1011 CIO, among them 233 CIO hold inquirer proportion namely the CIO of 23% expresses, the budget of year IT expenditure that they plan has been reduced. From the point of investigation, budget and original figure compared the IT defray of the enterprise to be reduced on average 10% . This considers to make clear, increase rate of budget of American IT expenditure is in ” become fatigued and weak ” . But from whole situation for, predict budget of American IT expenditure will grow 2008.

The research of Gartner Executive Programs is in charge of mark - McDonald (Mark McDonald) expresses: “CIO people say when accepting investigation, IT expenditure budget still is in growth, although be in the United States,also be such, but increase rate appreciably is a bit fatigued and weak. ” McDonald is accepting when interviewing, express: “This is not subjective imagination, strike back however the market condition after a network bubble is undone. But we think, present market condition and mixed 2001 different in those days 2002, at that time is the bubble of drive of science and technology. ” he says, won’t appear this at that time the company of the sort of circumstance ” massive haemorrhage ” circumstance.

Consider to discover, most CIO holds to the budgetary arrangement that place of the beginning of the year makes. The United States that accepts investigation has 65% to express in CIO, their IT expenditure budget first quarter changes without what, among them 10% express to raise IT budget pay even. Look from global circumstance, there is 15% to express them to raise the IT budget pay this year in the CIO that accepts investigation 15% , 62% state their IT budget defray does not have change.

McDonald still expresses: “In view of the change of economic environment, CIO people raise IT budget pay likely already in coming 90 days, reduce arrangement of IT budget defray likely also. Reduce arrangement of IT budget defray likely also..

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