IT Watch: October 2003

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16 October 2003

Thomas Hoover Scott Evans

Growing optimism about a general economic recovery in North America is not yet reflected in growth in IT demand. The Technology Demand Index (TDI) recovers only slightly in September to 87.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

1.0

Overall IT Demand

1.1		Current Demand: Reluctance to Spend Budgets May Delay Timing for IT Spending Recovery
1.2		Projected Demand: Growth in 2004 Likely — Strongest for SMB Markets
1.3		Top 25 Vendors Overall
1.4		Dell Shows Positive Momentum in Input/Output Devices Through Its Entry in the Printer Market

2.0

Vertical Highlights

2.1		Manufacturing, Education and Health Services Are Leading Current Spending Trends
2.2		Projected Demand in Services, Technology Manufacturing/Communications and Health Services Suggests Leadership in 2004 Recovery

3.0

General Sector Trends

3.1		Current Demand: No Sector Shows Strong Current Spending; Hardware an Area of Relative Strength
3.2		Projected Demand: Software and Services Show Some Improvement Since August, All Four Sectors in Similar Position

4.0

What to Watch

Appendix A.

Acronym Key

Appendix B.

Overall Sector and Product Index Scores

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Unweighted Current Demand Index — Weekly Moving Average

	Figure 2.	Overall Index

	Figure 3.	Overall Index by Company Size

	Figure 4.	Top 25 Vendors by Vendor Demand Index

	Figure 5.	Current Demand Index — HP vs. Dell

	Figure 6.	Dell Printer Purchase — 2003 and 2004

	Figure 7.	Current Demand Index — Leading Verticals

	Figure 8.	Projected Demand Index — Leading Verticals

	Figure 9.	Sectors — Current Index

	Figure 10.	Current Demand Index — Sectors by Quarter

	Figure 11.	Sectors — Projected Index

	Figure 12.	Projected Demand Index — Sectors by Quarter

	Figure 13.	Overall and Sector Indices

	Figure 14.	Product Index — Hardware

	Figure 15.	Product Index — Software

	Figure 16.	Product Index — Networking and Telecommunications

	Figure 17.	Product Index — IT Services

Computing Hardware
IT Services
Communications Services
Business Applications
IT Spending
Communications Equipment
Software Infrastructure
Application Development

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