Thursday, May 20, 2010

Vertical IT Spending to Go Upwards

According to a new report from IT research and advisory firm Gartner, IT spending across all industry markets is forecast to exceed $2.4 trillion in 2010, an increase of 4.1% compared to same period last year, with banking and financial industries leading the way. Government agencies and health care providers are also expected to boost their IT this year.

The report says that IT spending by banking and financial industries will grow by 4.6% to $396.9bn in 2010, while total IT spending by communications media and services market is expected to reach $394.2bn, marking a 4.4% increase from the previous year. National and international government will show the strongest growth in 2010, with an increase of 6.2% in IT spending. Manufacturing and natural resources, and wholesale trade will experience the weakest growth through 2014, growing at 2009-2014 CAGRs of 3.0% and 3.1%, respectively.

"2010 will see IT spending in all major industries returning to growth, although that growth will vary by individual sector", Gartner analyst Kenneth Brant said.

Source: CBRonline.com

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