IT Watch: February 2004

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19 February 2004

Brian Smith Scott Evans Ann Buenzli

Gartner's projected aggregate Technology Demand Index (TDI) is 160 and current aggregate TDI is 100. These are the highest scores since the index launched in March 2003 and suggest higher IT spending this year, with improvements seen in all sectors.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

1.0

Current IT Demand: Healthy Increases in 2004 Spending Suggested

1.1

Projected Demand: Respondents Express Increased Optimism

1.2

Vendors Experiencing Greatest Current Demand

1.3

Vendor Leaders and Laggards in IT Watch Sectors

1.3.1		Hardware: Leaders and Laggards in Current Demand
1.3.2		Software: Leaders and Laggards in Current Demand
1.3.3		Networking and Telecommunications: Leaders and Laggards in Current Demand
1.3.4		IT Services: Leaders and Laggards in Current Demand

2.0

General Trends

2.1		Current Demand
2.2		Projected Demand

3.0

What to Watch

Appendix A.

Acronym Key

Appendix B.

Overall Sector and Product Index Scores

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Current Demand Indices by Sector: Q4 2003 vs. January 2004

	Figure 2.	Anticipated Calendar Year IT Spending for Next Year Compared to Current Year (Weighted by Vertical and Company Size)

	Figure 3.	Projected IT Spending by Sector: 2004 vs. 2005

	Figure 4.	Vendors Experiencing Strongest Current Demand Among All Tracked by IT Watch

	Figure 5.	Vendors Experiencing Strongest and Weakest Current Demand in Specific Hardware Categories

	Figure 6.	Vendors Experiencing Strongest and Weakest Current Demand in Specific Software Categories

	Figure 7.	Vendors Experiencing Strongest and Weakest Current Demand in Specific Networking/Telecommunications Categories

	Figure 8.	Vendors Experiencing Strongest and Weakest Current Demand in Specific IT Services Categories

	Figure 9.	Current and Projected Demand From IT Watch Inception to Present — Aggregate

	Figure 10.	Current Demand by Sector From IT Watch Inception to Present

	Figure 11.	Projected Demand by Sector From IT Watch Inception to Present

	Figure 12.	Forecasted Change in Future Software Budgets — Projected Indices

	Figure 13.	Forecasted Change in Future IT Services Budgets — Projected Indices

	Figure 14.	Forecasted Change in Future Networking/Telecommunications Budgets — Projected Indices

	Figure 15.	Forecasted Change in Future Hardware Budgets — Projected Indices

	Figure 16.	Overall and Sector Indices

	Figure 17.	Product Index — Hardware

	Figure 18.	Product Index — Software

	Figure 19.	Product Index — Networking and Telecommunications

	Figure 20.	Product Index — IT Services

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

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