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IT Watch: February 2005
28 February 2005
 
Brian Smith   Paul A. Schwarz  

U.S. enterprise spending on IT goods and services was over budget in 2004. Most of the over-budget money was spent on hardware. Cautious spending characterizes 2005. Although IT budgets have increased, spending has been flat compared to last quarter.








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Table of Contents


1.0
    
 IT Watch: What’s New

2.0
    
 Top-Level Indices: Current Demand and Projected Demand

3.0
    
 Budget Allocations by Product/Service Category

4.0
    
 Changes to IT Watch Survey

5.0
    
 What to Watch

Appendix A.
    
 Acronym Key

Appendix B.
    
 Vendor Summary Indices — Quarterly

Appendix C.
    
 Overall Sector and Product Indices — Quarterly

Appendix D.
    
 Vendor Indices for Products — Quarterly


List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 2004 IT Spending vs. Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 2. 
 2004 IT Spending vs. Budgets by Company Size — Magnitude of Percentage Difference
 

Figure 3. 
 Reasons for Spending Less on Hardware in 2004 Than Was Budgeted
 

Figure 4. 
 Reasons for Spending Less on Hardware in 2004 Than Was Budgeted by Company Size
 

Figure 5. 
 Reasons for Spending Less on Software in 2004 Than Was Budgeted
 

Figure 6. 
 Reasons for Spending Less on Software in 2004 Than Was Budgeted by Company Size
 

Figure 7. 
 Reasons for Spending Less on Networking and Telecommunications in 2004 Than Was Budgeted
 

Figure 8. 
 Reasons for Spending Less on Networking and Telecommunications in 2004 Than Was Budgeted by Company Size
 

Figure 9. 
 Reasons for Spending Less on IT Services in 2004 Than Was Budgeted
 

Figure 10. 
 Reasons for Spending Less on IT Services in 2004 Than Was Budgeted by Company Size
 

Figure 11. 
 How Respondents Characterize Cancelled IT Services Contracts
 

Figure 12. 
 Reasons for Spending More in 2004 Than Was Budgeted
 

Figure 13. 
 Reasons for Spending More in 2004 Than Was Budgeted by Company Size
 

Figure 14. 
 Influence of IBM Sale of PC Unit and PC Brand Substitution
 

Figure 15. 
 Current and Projected Demand — Aggregate
 

Figure 16. 
 Current Demand by Sector
 

Figure 17. 
 Current Demand for Hardware
 

Figure 18. 
 Current Demand for Software
 

Figure 19. 
 Current Demand for Networking and Telecommunications
 

Figure 20. 
 Current Demand for IT Services
 

Figure 21. 
 Projected Demand by Sector
 

Figure 22. 
 Projected Demand for Hardware
 

Figure 23. 
 Projected Demand for Software
 

Figure 24. 
 Projected Demand for Networking and Telecommunications
 

Figure 25. 
 Projected Demand for IT Services
 

Figure 26. 
 Mean Allocation of Hardware Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 27. 
 Mean Allocation of Software Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 28. 
 Mean Allocation of Networking and Telecommunications Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 29. 
 Mean Allocation of IT Services Budgets by Company Size
 

Figure 30. 
 Hardware Vendors Tracked By Category
 

Figure 31. 
 Software Vendors Tracked by Category
 

Figure 32. 
 Software Vendors Tracked by Category — Continued
 

Figure 33. 
 Networking and Telecommunications Vendors Tracked by Category
 

Figure 34. 
 IT Services Vendors Tracked by Category
 

Figure 35. 
 IT Services Vendors Tracked by Category — Continued
 

Figure 36. 
 IT Services Vendors Tracked by Category — Continued
 

Figure 37. 
 Vendor Summary Indices (Accenture to Mercury) — Quarterly
 

Figure 38. 
 Vendor Summary Indices (Microsoft to Xerox) — Quarterly
 

Figure 39. 
 Overall and Sector Indices — Quarterly
 

Figure 40. 
 Product Indices — Hardware — Quarterly
 

Figure 41. 
 Product Indices — Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 42. 
 Product Indices — Networking and Telecommunications — Quarterly
 

Figure 43. 
 Product Indices — IT Services — Quarterly
 

Figure 44. 
 Vendor Indices for Servers — Quarterly
 

Figure 45. 
 Vendor Indices for Desktops — Quarterly
 

Figure 46. 
 Vendor Indices for Notebooks — Quarterly
 

Figure 47. 
 Vendor Indices for Handhelds — Quarterly
 

Figure 48. 
 Vendor Indices for Storage Hardware — Quarterly
 

Figure 49. 
 Vendor Indices for Input/Output Devices — Quarterly
 

Figure 50. 
 Vendor Indices for Security Hardware — Quarterly
 

Figure 51. 
 Vendor Indices for Tablet PCs — Quarterly
 

Figure 52. 
 Vendor Indices for Mobile Phones — Quarterly
 

Figure 53. 
 Vendor Indices for Back-Office Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 54. 
 Vendor Indices for Office/Personal Productivity Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 55. 
 Vendor Indices for Collaboration/Content Management Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 56. 
 Retired Category — Vendor Indices for Collaborative/Personal Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 57. 
 Vendor Indices for Front-Office Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 58. 
 Vendor Indices for Application Development Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 59. 
 Vendor Indices for Application Integration Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 60. 
 Vendor Indices for Information Management Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 61. 
 Vendor Indices for Systems Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 62. 
 Vendor Indices for Design/Engineering Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 63. 
 Vendor Indices for Security Software — Quarterly
 

Figure 64. 
 Vendor Indices for Network Equipment/Applications — Quarterly
 

Figure 65. 
 Vendor Indices for Mobile Services — Quarterly
 

Figure 66. 
 Vendor Indices for Fixed Voice/Data Services — Quarterly
 

Figure 67. 
 Vendor Indices for Hardware Maintenance/Support — Quarterly
 

Figure 68. 
 Vendor Indices for Software Maintenance/Support — Quarterly
 

Figure 69. 
 Vendor Indices for Consulting — Quarterly
 

Figure 70. 
 Vendor Indices for Application Development/Integration Services — Quarterly
 

Figure 71. 
 Vendor Indices for IT Management — Quarterly
 

Figure 72. 
 Vendor Indices for Process Management — Quarterly
 

Figure 73. 
 Vendor Indices for IT Training — Quarterly
 



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