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IT Watch: August 2003
14 August 2003
 
Thomas Hoover   Scott Evans   Martin Reynolds  

IT spending begins to strengthen heading into the second half of 2003 as current demand nears the 100 mark in July. This is an important first step in fueling a turnaround in IT demand that we expect to see materialize in 2004.








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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Overall IT Demand

1.1
    
 Current Demand: Spending Moves Back to Budgeted Levels Setting the Stage for Recovery in 2004
1.2
    
 Projected Demand: Anticipated Growth for 2004 Remains
1.3
    
 Top 25 vendors
2.0
    
 General Sector Trends

2.1
    
 Current Demand: All Sectors Participate in Improved Current Spending Levels
2.2
    
 Projected Demand: Hardware Drives the Overall Trend While Software and Services Lead in Anticipated Growth
3.0
    
 Sector-by-Sector Analysis

3.1
    
 Hardware
3.2
    
 Top Hardware Vendors
3.3
    
 Software
3.4
    
 IT Services
3.5
    
 Networking and Telecommunications
4.0
    
 What to Watch
Appendix A.
    
 Acronym Key
Appendix B.
    
 Overall Sector and Product Index Scores


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Overall Index
 

Figure 2. 
 Top 25 Vendors
 

Figure 3. 
 Sectors — Current
 

Figure 4. 
 Sectors — Projected
 

Figure 5. 
 Hardware — Current
 

Figure 6. 
 Hardware — Current
 

Figure 7. 
 Hardware — Projected
 

Figure 8. 
 Hardware — Projected
 

Figure 9. 
 Top 10 Hardware Vendors — July 2003
 

Figure 10. 
 Weekly Software Trend
 

Figure 11. 
 Software — Current
 

Figure 12. 
 Software — Current
 

Figure 13. 
 Software — Projected
 

Figure 14. 
 Software — Projected
 

Figure 15. 
 IT Services — Current
 

Figure 16. 
 IT Services — Current
 

Figure 17. 
 IT Services — Projected
 

Figure 18. 
 IT Services — Projected
 

Figure 19. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Current
 

Figure 20. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Current
 

Figure 21. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Projected
 

Figure 22. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Projected
 

Figure 23. 
 Overall and Sector Indices
 

Figure 24. 
 Product Index — Hardware
 

Figure 25. 
 Product Index — Software
 

Figure 26. 
 Product Index — Networking and Telecommunications
 

Figure 27. 
 Product Index — IT Services
 



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