Although Economic Downturn Has Strained IT Departments
NEW YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The majority of the attendees
of PC EXPO/TECHXNY (http://www.techxny.com), which opens its 20th annual event
at New York's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on Tuesday, June 25th,
reported IT spending would increase or remain the same in nine product
categories. In a survey conducted by Decipher, Incorporated, this year's
pre-registered PC EXPO attendees were asked to anticipate their organization's
technology product budgets.
For each of the following product categories, do you anticipate that
during the next 6 months budgets will increase, remain the same, or be less?
Will Will remain Will be less Don't know/
increase the same Not sure
Security 48% 39% 7% 7%
Storage 36% 45% 11% 8%
Wireless and mobile 36% 40% 11% 13%
devices and solutions
Web site and e-commerce 35% 46% 9% 10%
PCs and portables 30% 52% 11% 7%
Network products 27% 52% 12% 9%
Application development 26% 46% 14% 13%
Business intelligence and 22% 53% 11% 14%
e-business applications
Peripherals 21% 59% 12% 8%
"Security, wireless, business intelligence applications, and storage are
hot right now, and the predictions of increased budgets in these categories
reflects this," said Christina Condos, Show Director of PC EXPO/TECHXNY.
"We're also seeing budget increases for the mainstream IT products: PCs,
network products, Web site development, and peripherals. Clearly this is a
positive indication for technology vendors everywhere, and particularly for
the PC EXPO exhibitors who will have access to these buyers this week."
However, when asked if the economic downturn had negatively impacted their
company, 63% reported that it had. And when asked how the economic downturn
has effected their organization's IT infrastructure and staff, many attendees
report that they had fewer IT staff and were having to work harder, and that
they had deferred capital investments and software development projects.
What effects have the economic downturn had on your company's IT
infrastructure and staff?
We have fewer IT staff 53%
We have deferred capital investments 50%
We have changed our priorities for technology purchases 47%
IT workers are working longer hours 39%
We are deferring software development projects 36%
Greater emphasis on ROI 33%
IT workers are quitting less frequently, due to 24%
reduced opportunity
We are increasing our reliance on outsourcing 23%
No effect on our IT infrastructure 9%
Don't know 5%
"IT workers are having to do more with less," observes Ms. Condos. "The
real story behind these numbers is the work ethic, dedication, and
professionalism that PC EXPO/TECHXNY attendees bring to their jobs. Because
of the strain put on IT departments, PC EXPO attendees will be immensely
relieved as IT budgets begin to increase once the recovery begins."
About TECHXNY/PC EXPO
TECHXNY, taking June 25-27, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center will
feature key conferences on technology integration and security/business
continuity, special events and summits on storage, XML and Web services,
digital video, and mobile technologies as well as dedicated content for small
businesses and entrepreneurs. In its 20th year, New York's leading technology
event -- PC EXPO the exposition portion of TECHXNY -- will showcase innovative
computing solutions, technologies and products for large and small businesses.
Products and services on display will include servers, desktops, handhelds,
Web services products, database software, storage applications, networking,
CRM, security, infrastructure management products and the latest in Linux. In
2003, TECHXNY/PC EXPO has new dates and will take place September 16-18, at
the Javits Center. For more information on TECHXNY and PC EXPO go to
http://www.techxny.com or call 212-600-3180.
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providing essential information and marketing services to the entire
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Contact: Annie Scully,
201-236-1790
annie@praxismktg.com
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