Corporate IT Spending Outlook
A Striking Downturn in Business IT Spending Points to Trouble Ahead

August 19, 2010

For the first time in nearly two years, a ChangeWave IT purchasing survey shows a pullback occurring in corporate spending – both in the current quarter and for the next 90 days going forward.

The ChangeWave survey of 1,601 respondents who are involved with IT spending in their organization was conducted August 9-19.

Report Details Include:

  • Projected IT Spending Trends for Next Quarter and the Current Quarter
  • Projected IT Spending by Company Size
  • Spending Levels for IT Vendors – including Cisco (CSCO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Dell (DELL)
  • Leading and Lagging IT Spending Categories – including PCs, Servers, and Operating Systems
  • A Look at Future PC Demand: Dell (DELL) vs. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) vs. Apple (AAPL)
  • Six Month IT Budget Projections

This survey also shows there is one big winner in the business smart phone market this quarter – the Google (GOOG) Android Operating System. At the manufacturer level, HTC and Motorola are major beneficiaries of the huge increase in corporate demand for the Android OS. Additional findings include:

  • Current Business Market Share: Mobile Operating Systems
  • Winning and Losing Smart Phone Manufacturers – including HTC, Motorola (MOT), Apple, Research In Motion (RIMM) and Palm (PALM), among others
  • Current Business Smart Phone Market Share – Leading and Lagging Manufacturers
  • Business Smart Phone Planned Buying Trends: Next 90 Days

Companies in the Report:

APPLE (AAPL), GOOGLE (GOOG), HTC, MOTOROLA (MOT), PALM (PALM), RESEARCH IN MOTION (RIMM), CISCO (CSCO), DELL (DELL), HEWLETT-PACKARD (HPQ), MICROSOFT (MSFT)

 

*NOTE: ChangeWave's Corporate IT Spending survey is conducted quarterly, and the full series of four reports is available here.

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