2009 IT Expenses will decrease more than in a year of crash a pillbox-komov

Analysts Gartner have reconsidered the forecast concerning volume of IT Expenses in the world in 2009 By new estimatiions, the world IT Market will reach $3,2 trln that on 6 % below a similar indicator of the 2008 which have made $3,4 bln. Experts explain recession by two factors – decrease in expenses on IT owing to a world economic crisis and a course change of currencies in comparison with 1st quarter of this year, when the similar forecast. We will remind that in March of this year of analytics Gartner said that following the results of a year the volume of expenses on IT in world scales will decrease on 3,8 % in comparison with level of 2008 In spite of the fact that there are signs of easing of a world economic crisis, IT Budgets this year are still cut down, and it is required to customers much more confidence, before they can feel ready to more freely to dispose of the money, - has noted.

Richard Gordon. , the vice-president on researches Gartner.

According to an analyst, the forecast on decrease in rates of increase of IT Expenses in segments of program and hardware maintenance in 2009 was not corrected almost – following the results of 2nd quarter minor alterations have been brought in it towards reduction only. Expenses on IT in world scales ($ mlrd). A source: Gartner, June, 2009 Nevertheless, full-scale influence of global crisis on sektory IT Services and telecommunications still grows, and the growth forecast in these segments has been essentially lowered in comparison with 1st quarter, - Gordon continues.

- Besides, dollar exchange rate growth in relation to the majority of the currencies, observed lasst months, will make appreciable negative impact on growth of IT Expenses in 2009 as which we traditionally consider in dollars. In all four basic segments of the IT Market - program and hardware maintenance, IT Services and telecommunications, - under forecasts Gartner, sales volume decrease in money terms than that during the previous crisis in 2001 was not strongest will be observed the iron sector - will suffer following the results of 2009, the volume of expenses in this area will decrease on 16,3 % in comparison with 2008 of Smaller all the market will suffer ON - on it analysts estimate recession in 1,6 %.