CIO: „Analysts Lower Future Prospects“

The times of seeing things through rose-coloured glasses are over in 2009 – analysts have lowered the growth forecasts for the IT business from 4 percent to 1 percent as a consequence of the economic crisis.

Many IT projects are put off or even canceled, reports CIO Online. So, analysts of IDC and PAC have arrived at the same conclusion like Vanson Bourne, who made a survey about IT investments 2009 on behalf of the preo Software AG in 2009. Because savings are neccessary, according to the survey, every other wants to look for alternative ways of purchasing and financing. At this point, pre-owned software and software remarketing are very popular.

 

Source: CIO (German)

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