Gartner sees 2.9 percent growth in IT spending in 2017
Worldwide IT spending should rebound in 2017 with a 2.9 percent increase over 2016, after a slight decrease this year, according to Gartner projections.
Spending on software and IT services should drive the 2017 growth in global IT spending to $3.49 trillion, the market research group said Wednesday. Gartner projects IT spending will drop by 0.3 percent between 2015 and 2016, with the U.K.'s Brexit vote to leave the European Union swinging IT spending from a modest increase to negative numbers.
Driving the spending growth in 2017 will be businesses' efforts to expand, John-David Lovelock, Garter's research vice president, said by email.
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here