Computer Economics study shows Windows 7, desktop virtualization and unified communications technologies will drive IT buyers to invest budget dollars.
IT buyers will invest budget dollars in certain technologies in 2010 and 2011, according to new research from Computer Economics, despite various IT spending reports.
According to Forrester Research’s most recent forecast, U.S. IT goods and services spending will jump 9.9% in 2010 to $564 billion. Separately, Gartner this month forecast worldwide IT spending to increase nearly 4% to $3.350 trillion in 2010, a decline from earlier projections of a 5.3% increase due to European sovereign debt crisis.
The Computer Economics Technology Trends 2010/2011 study reveals that some technologies are flying to the top of IT buyers’ priority lists. The IT research and advisory firm surveyed more than 200 IT organizations to understand how IT budgets will be invested as companies try to recover from the economic recession.
Windows 7 topped the list of most changed in 2010. With just 3% of organizations having the technology in early 2010, more than 30% of IT buyers polled said they included 2010 funds to begin or expand their migration to the Microsoft operating system.
“We were mildly surprised, given the slowdown in capital spending and general lack of investment in new systems,” said John Longwell, vice president of research for Computer Economics, in a statement. “Companies are beginning to migrate to Windows 7 in a big way.”
Unified communications are resonating with IT buyers as well. The Computer Economics study found that 27% of IT organizations have already adopted the technology and another 40% are investing in unified communications in their current fiscal year. The study also found that IT organizations have their sights set on desktop virtualization. According to Computer Economics, 15% of IT organizations surveyed have the technology in place today, and nearly 30% are currently investing in desktop virtualization.
“While this is still an emerging technology, the uptake appears rapid,” Longwell noted about desktop virtualization. “Companies are having a very positive economic experience with early implementations and many are finding deployment costs are less than expected.”
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