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Current spending on IT products and services is equal to budgeted levels. Annualized external spending on IT is up 6 percent compared to last year. It is forecasted that IT spending on products and services will increase by 3 percent next year.
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The current aggregate technology demand index (current TDI) now stands at its equilibrium point of 100.
Implication: Current enterprise IT spending is in line with budgets. External IT spending is 6 percent higher to date this year compared to last year, which matches the increase projected by IT Watch respondents last year.
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The projected aggregate technology index (projected TDI), Gartner's indicator of future demand, remains at 143 for the second month.
Implication: IT managers remain optimistic that external IT spending during the 2006 calendar year will increase. External IT spending is projected to rise by 3 percent over this year's levels.
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Most respondents (78 percent) project flat levels of internal IT staffing next year. Approximately 8 percent of respondents project that internal IT staffing will grow by 5 percent or more.
Implication: IT outsourcing will continue to increase next year. Respondents are far more likely to report increases in total headcount than increases in IT staffing.
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Demand for PDAs and other handheld computers, notebook PCs, input/output devices and IT management services is stronger than anticipated.
Implication: Several vendors are benefiting from pronounced shifts in hardware demand, most notably Dell, Research in Motion (RIM), Cisco and Sony. By contrast, demand sags for a handful of hardware vendors, namely Toshiba, Xerox and Nokia.
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To measure enterprise demand for IT products and services, Gartner surveys 125 CIOs and key decision makers every week about their IT budgets and spending levels. Then Gartner analyzes the data and determines if IT spending is higher or lower than budgeted for the current quarter.
The Technology Demand Index (TDI) has a baseline of 100. At 100, upward and downward pressures on demand are equal: spending is at budget within North American enterprises. When the TDI is above 100, there is greater upward pressure on demand, and current enterprise spending on IT products and services is above budget. By contrast when the TDI is below 100, there is greater downward pressure on demand, and current IT spending is below budgeted levels. The greater the score, the greater the demand. The lower the score, the lesser the demand.
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