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IT Watch: December 2003
12 December 2003
 
Scott Evans   Ann Buenzli  

Gartner's aggregate Technology Demand Index (TDI) drops to 81 in November from 85 in October, a decline that suggests overall Q4 spending will fall short of budgeted levels.








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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 Overall IT Demand

1.1
    
 Current Demand: Overall Current Demand Continues to Decline in the Fourth Quarter
1.2
    
 Projected Demand: Projected Demand Index Declines in November
1.3
    
 Top 25 Vendors Overall
1.4
    
 Vendor Leaders in IT Watch Sectors

1.4.1
    
 Hardware Leaders
1.4.2
    
 Software Leaders
1.4.3
    
 Networking and Telecommunications Leaders
1.4.4
    
 IT Services Leaders
1.5
    
 Emerging Competition Among Vendors in Server Space
1.6
    
 Companies Likely to Lose Unspent Budget Dollars at End of Fiscal Year
2.0
    
 General Sector Trends

2.1
    
 Current Demand: All Sectors Decline in November
2.2
    
 Projected Demand: Putting Projected Sector Demand in Context
3.0
    
 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. 
 Actual IT-Related Spending in 2003 Compared to Anticipated Spending
 

Figure 3. 
 Overall Index
 

Figure 4. 
 Top 25 Vendors by Vendor Demand Index
 

Figure 5. 
 Demand Indices for Selected Server Vendors — Actual 30-Day Moving Index
 

Figure 6. 
 Sectors — End of Fiscal Year for IT Watch Companies
 

Figure 7. 
 Sectors — Fiscal Year Ending December 2003
 

Figure 8. 
 Sectors — Current Index
 

Figure 9. 
 Sectors — Projected Index
 

Figure 10. 
 Hardware Indices — Smoothed 30-Day Moving Index
 

Figure 11. 
 Overall and Sector Indices
 

Figure 12. 
 Product Index — Hardware
 

Figure 13. 
 Product Index — Software
 

Figure 14. 
 Product Index — Networking and Telecommunications
 

Figure 15. 
 Product Index — IT Services
 



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