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IT Watch: June 2004
24 June 2004
 
Brian Smith   Scott Evans  

North American IT demand improves in May. Current aggregate TDI rises to 97. Spending is virtually equal to budget as midyear approaches, and the majority of respondents report increases in 2005 IT budgets, especially for internal staffing.








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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 IT Watch: What Is New

1.1
    
 Top-Level Indices: Current Demand Approaches Equilibrium, Projected Demand Declines But Is Still Strong
1.2
    
 Current Demand
1.3
    
 Projected (2005) Demand
2.0
    
 Budget Allocations by Product/Service Category
3.0
    
 Current and Planned Spending for Products and Services
4.0
    
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence

4.1
    
 Hardware Vendor Purchasing Incidence
4.2
    
 Software Vendor Purchasing Incidence
4.3
    
 Networking and Telecommunications Vendor Purchasing Incidence
4.4
    
 IT Services Vendor Purchasing Incidence
5.0
    
 What to Watch
Appendix A.
    
 Acronym Key
Appendix B.
    
 Monthly IT Services Indices
Appendix C.
    
 Vendor Summary Indices by Month
Appendix D.
    
 Overall Sector and Product Indices — Revised Weights
Appendix E.
    
 Vendor Indices for Products (Monthly)


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Current and Projected Demand From IT Watch Inception to Present — Aggregate
 

Figure 2. 
 Anticipated Changes to IT Spending in 2005 Compared to 2004 (Weighted by Vertical to Reflect Qualified Universe of All Networked Enterprises)
 

Figure 3. 
 IT Spending for May vs. Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 4. 
 Current Demand for Hardware (90-Day Moving Indices)
 

Figure 5. 
 Current Demand for Hardware Product Categories (Monthly)
 

Figure 6. 
 Current Demand for Software (90-Day Moving Indices)
 

Figure 7. 
 Current Demand for Software Product Categories (Monthly)
 

Figure 8. 
 Current Demand for Networking and Telecommunications (90-Day Moving Indices)
 

Figure 9. 
 Current Demand for Networking and Telecommunications Product and Service Categories (Monthly)
 

Figure 10. 
 Current Demand for Externally Sourced IT Services (90-Day Moving Indices)
 

Figure 11. 
 Current Demand for Externally Sourced IT Services Categories (Monthly)
 

Figure 12. 
 Projected (2005) Demand by Sector (Monthly)
 

Figure 13. 
 Projected Demand for Hardware Product Categories (Monthly)
 

Figure 14. 
 Projected Demand for Software Product Categories (Monthly)
 

Figure 15. 
 Projected Demand for Networking and Telecommunications Product and Service Categories (Monthly)
 

Figure 16. 
 Projected Demand for Externally Sourced IT Services Categories (Monthly)
 

Figure 17. 
 Mean Allocation of Hardware Budgets by Vertical
 

Figure 18. 
 Mean Allocation of Hardware Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 19. 
 Mean Allocation of Software Budgets by Vertical
 

Figure 20. 
 Mean Allocation of Software Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 21. 
 Mean Allocation of Networking and Telecommunications Budgets by Vertical
 

Figure 22. 
 Mean Allocation of Networking and Telecommunications Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 23. 
 Mean Allocation of IT Services Budgets by Vertical
 

Figure 24. 
 Mean Allocation of IT Services Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 25. 
 Hardware — Servers: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 26. 
 Hardware — Servers: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 27. 
 Hardware — Desktops: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 28. 
 Hardware — Desktops: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 29. 
 Hardware — Notebooks: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 30. 
 Hardware — Notebooks: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 31. 
 Hardware — Handhelds: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 32. 
 Hardware — Handhelds: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 33. 
 Hardware — Storage: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 34. 
 Hardware — Storage: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 35. 
 Hardware — Input/Output Devices: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 36. 
 Hardware — Input/Output Devices: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 37. 
 Hardware — Security: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 38. 
 Hardware — Security: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 39. 
 Hardware — Tablet PCs: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 40. 
 Hardware — Tablet PCs: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 41. 
 Software — Back-Office: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 42. 
 Software — Back-Office: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 43. 
 Software — Collaborative/Personal: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 44. 
 Software — Collaborative/Personal: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 45. 
 Software — Front-Office: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 46. 
 Software — Front-Office: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 47. 
 Software — Application Development: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 48. 
 Software — Application Development: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 49. 
 Software — Information Management: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 50. 
 Software — Information Management: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 51. 
 Software — Systems: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 52. 
 Software — Systems: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 53. 
 Software — Design/Engineering: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 54. 
 Software — Design/Engineering: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 55. 
 Software — Security: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 56. 
 Software — Security: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 57. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Network Equipment/Applications: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 58. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Network Equipment/Applications: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 59. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Mobile Handsets: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 60. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Mobile Handsets: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 61. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Mobile Services: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 62. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Mobile Services: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 63. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Fixed Voice/Data Services: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 64. 
 Networking and Telecommunications — Fixed Voice/Data Services: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 65. 
 IT Services — Hardware Maintenance/Support: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 66. 
 IT Services — Hardware Maintenance/Support: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 67. 
 IT Services — Software Maintenance/Support: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 68. 
 IT Services — Software Maintenance/Support: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 69. 
 IT Services — Consulting: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 70. 
 IT Services — Consulting: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 71. 
 IT Services — Application Development/Integration Services: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 72. 
 IT Services — Application Development/Integration Services: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 73. 
 IT Services — IT Management: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 74. 
 IT Services — IT Management: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 75. 
 IT Services — Process Management: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 76. 
 IT Services — Process Management: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 77. 
 IT Services — IT Training: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Vertical
 

Figure 78. 
 IT Services — IT Training: Percentage of Respondent Organizations Currently Purchasing (2004) and Projecting to Purchase (2005) by Company Size
 

Figure 79. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Hardware — Servers
 

Figure 80. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Hardware — Desktops
 

Figure 81. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Hardware — Notebooks
 

Figure 82. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Hardware — Handhelds
 

Figure 83. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Hardware — Storage
 

Figure 84. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Hardware — Input/Output Devices
 

Figure 85. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Hardware — Security
 

Figure 86. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Hardware — Tablet PCs
 

Figure 87. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Software — Back-Office
 

Figure 88. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Software — Collaborative/Personal
 

Figure 89. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Software — Front-Office
 

Figure 90. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Software — Application Development
 

Figure 91. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Software — Information Management
 

Figure 92. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Software — Systems
 

Figure 93. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Software — Design/Engineering
 

Figure 94. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Software — Security
 

Figure 95. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Networking and Telecommunications — Network Equipment/Applications
 

Figure 96. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Networking and Telecommunications — Mobile Handsets
 

Figure 97. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Networking and Telecommunications — Mobile Services
 

Figure 98. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: Networking and Telecommunications — Fixed Voice/Data Services
 

Figure 99. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: IT Services — Hardware Maintenance/Support
 

Figure 100. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: IT Services — Software Maintenance/Support
 

Figure 101. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: IT Services — Consulting
 

Figure 102. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: IT Services — Application Development/Integration Services
 

Figure 103. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: IT Services — IT Management
 

Figure 104. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: IT Services — Process Management
 

Figure 105. 
 Vendor Purchasing Incidence Estimates: IT Services — IT Training
 

Figure 106. 
 IT Services Combined Index by Month
 

Figure 107. 
 Vendor Summary Indices (Accenture to MCI) — Monthly
 

Figure 108. 
 Vendor Summary Indices (Microsoft to Xerox) — Monthly
 

Figure 109. 
 Overall and Sector Indices
 

Figure 110. 
 Product Indices — Hardware
 

Figure 111. 
 Product Indices — Software
 

Figure 112. 
 Product Indices — Networking and Telecommunications
 

Figure 113. 
 Product Indices — IT Services
 

Figure 114. 
 Vendor Indices for Servers (Monthly)
 

Figure 115. 
 Vendor Indices for Desktops (Monthly)
 

Figure 116. 
 Vendor Indices for Notebooks (Monthly)
 

Figure 117. 
 Vendor Indices for Handhelds (Monthly)
 

Figure 118. 
 Vendor Indices for Storage (Monthly)
 

Figure 119. 
 Vendor Indices for Input/Output Devices (Monthly)
 

Figure 120. 
 Vendor Indices for Security Hardware (Monthly)
 

Figure 121. 
 Vendor Indices for Tablet PCs (Monthly)
 

Figure 122. 
 Vendor Indices for Back-Office (Monthly)
 

Figure 123. 
 Vendor Indices for Collaborative/Personal (Monthly)
 

Figure 124. 
 Vendor Indices for Front-Office (Monthly)
 

Figure 125. 
 Vendor Indices for Application Development (Monthly)
 

Figure 126. 
 Vendor Indices for Information Management (Monthly)
 

Figure 127. 
 Vendor Indices for Systems (Monthly)
 

Figure 128. 
 Vendor Indices for Design/Engineering (Monthly)
 

Figure 129. 
 Vendor Indices for Security Software (Monthly)
 

Figure 130. 
 Vendor Indices for Network Equipment/Applications (Monthly)
 

Figure 131. 
 Vendor Indices for Mobile Handsets (Monthly)
 

Figure 132. 
 Vendor Indices for Mobile Services (Monthly)
 

Figure 133. 
 Vendor Indices for Fixed Voice/Data Services (Monthly)
 

Figure 134. 
 Vendor Indices for Hardware Maintenance/Support (Monthly)
 

Figure 135. 
 Vendor Indices for Software Maintenance/Support (Monthly)
 

Figure 136. 
 Vendor Indices for Consulting (Monthly)
 

Figure 137. 
 Vendor Indices for Application Development/Integration Services (Monthly)
 

Figure 138. 
 Vendor Indices for IT Management (Monthly)
 

Figure 139. 
 Vendor Indices for Process Management (Monthly)
 

Figure 140. 
 Vendor Indices for IT Training (Monthly)
 



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