According To A Survey High-Tech Hardware Spending Returns, But Not The IT Jobs

5th November 2009

According to a recent research, the IT decision makers will also be investing in the hardware during the coming six months, but the high tech executives say that the staffing will remain flat because the companies are not only slowing down the pace of job cuts but are also holding off on the new hires.

Latest release of CDW IT monitor have revealed that more than the two-thirds of some 1,043 decision makers of IT in the corporate and government sectors have planned to make the IT hardware purchases in the coming six months. Almost more than 80 percent of the large businesses and 84 percent of the federal government high-tech executives polled are expected to be investing in the hardware, with majority pointing towards the operational efficiency gains as with the motivation.

Mark Gambill, the CDW vice president, has said in a statement that the hardware refresh cycles have pushed to such limits that they have seen rarely, and the anticipated investment in the area is encouraging as the companies are preparing for larger economic recovery.

The survey has also showed, more than 50 percent of the federal government IT workers have anticipated to increased their budgets in next six months and nearly 50 percent of both the corporate as well as the federal IT decision makers have expected their budgets to stay the same, with only more than 30 percent who are expecting a slight budget increase.