Business IT Spending Stabilizing
by Toby Smith 06/23/09
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There are signs of momentum in corporate purchasing of PCs, servers and smartphones.
Of the 13 IT categories looked at in this survey, PCs (Change in net difference score = +6) and servers (+5) registered the biggest increase by far since the previous quarter.
Corporate Smartphones
In the same survey, we also focused on corporate smartphone buying and found a resurgence set to occur in the coming quarter. Thirty-six percent of respondents reported that their company plans to buy smartphones in the third quarter -- a 3-point increase from previously.
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