The Economy's Impact on IT Spending

The soft economy is having some fairly significant impacts on various industries. We wanted to find out what impact the economy was having on IT spending, and so conducted a few surveys to gauge the effects on various types of IT spending. Here's a summary:

- 38% of organizations said they will definitely reduce budget for IT travel during 2009 compared to 2008, while another 23% said they will probably reduce travel budgets.

- 62% said their direct IT budgets will either be a bit or much lower in 2009 compared to 2008; if they had been asked this question six months earlier, only 33% would have responded this way.

- However, some IT budgets are increasing: 21% of respondents said their email archiving budget will increase in 2009, 18% said their budget for mobile devices and techologies will increase, and 17% said their content management budgets will increase.

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