Surveys Show No Big Boost Likely in IT Budgets This Year

摘要

Stock markets are strengthening, and consumer confidence has increased in recent months. But thus far, those developments aren't having much of a positive impact on corporate IT spending plans. In fact, a respective 23% and 30% of North American companies surveyed separately by Forrester Research Inc. and Meta Group Inc. said they plan to shrink their tech spending below the levels they had originally budgeted for this year.