Worldwide IT Spending on Pace to Reach $3.7 Trillion in 2013
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 2 percent increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion, according to the latest forecast by Gartner.
Last quarter, Gartner's forecast for 2013 IT spending growth in U.S. dollars
was 4.1 percent. The 2.1 percentage point reduction mainly reflects the impact
of recent fluctuations in U.S. dollar exchange rates; growth in constant
currency is forecast at 3.5 percent for 2013, down only slightly from last
quarter.
"Exchange rate movements, and a reduction in our 2013 forecast for
devices, account for the bulk of the downward revision of the 2013 growth,"
said Richard Gordon, managing vice president at Gartner. "Regionally, 2013
constant-currency spending growth in most regions has been lowered. However,
Western Europe's constant-currency growth has been inched up slightly as
strategic IT initiatives in the region will continue despite a poor economic
outlook."
The forecast for spending on devices in 2013 has been revised down from 7.9
percent growth in Gartner's previous forecast to 2.8 percent (see Table 1). The
decline in PC sales, recorded in the first quarter of 2013, continued into the
second quarter with little recovery expected during the second half of 2013.
While new devices are set to hit the market in the second half of 2013, they
will fail to compensate for the underlying weakness of the traditional PC
market. The outlook for tablet revenue for 2013 is for growth of 2.8 percent,
while mobile phone revenue is projected to increase 7.4 percent this year.
Worldwide IT Spending Forecast
(Billions of U.S. Dollars)
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spend | Growth | Spend | Growth | Spend | Growth | |
Devices | 676 | 10.9% | 695 | 2.8% | 740 | 6.5% |
Data Center Systems | 140 | 1.8% | 143 | 2.1% | 149 | 4.1% |
Enterprise Software | 285 | 4.7% | 304 | 6.4% | 324 | 6.6% |
IT Services | 906 | 2.0% | 926 | 2.2% | 968 | 4.6% |
Telecom Services | 1,641 | -0.7% | 1,655 | 0.9% | 1,694 | 2.3% |
Overall IT | 3,648 | 2.5% | 3,723 | 2.0% | 3,875 | 4.1% |
Source: Gartner (July 2013)
Enterprise software spending is on pace to grow 6.4 percent in 2013. Growth
expectations for customer relationship management (CRM) have been raised to
reflect expanded coverage into e-commerce, social and mobile. Expectations for
digital content creation and operating systems have been reduced as software as
a service (SaaS) and changing device demands impact traditional models and
markets.
Telecom services spending is forecast to grow 0.9 percent in 2013. Fixed
broadband is showing slightly higher than anticipated growth. The impact of
voice substitution is mixed as it is moving faster in the consumer sector, but
slightly slower in the enterprise market.
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