全球IT支出的增長， 2008年保持穩定

Gartner First Quarter Worldwide CIO Survey shows IT Budget Growth remains broadly stable. Gartner的第一季全球CIO的調查顯示， IT預算的增長仍然大致穩定。 Despite economic concerns, global enterprise IT budget growth remains unchanged at 3.3 percent in 2008, according to a worldwide survey of 1,011 CIOs conducted in the first quarter of 2008 by Gartner, Inc., as reported by 儘管經濟的關注，全球企業的IT預算的增長保持不變，仍然為3.3 ％，在2008年，根據一項世界性的調查1011年的CIO進行，在第一季度的2008年由Gartner公司所報告的那樣， CNBC CNBC的 . Gartner, Inc. is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company. 。 Gartner公司是世界領先的信息技術的研究和諮詢公司。

The article also states that “the study conduced from February 12, 2008 to March 12, 2008, sought to gauge the potential impact of macroeconomic concerns on IT budgets. CIOs responding to the study report that IT budgets are still growing, even in the 文章還指出： “這項研究進行了從2008年2月12日至2008年3月12日，旨在衡量的潛在影響宏觀經濟的關注，對IT預算。 CIO們響應該研究報告說， IT預算仍然是日益增長的，即使是在 US 美國 , but growth rates are muted slightly. ，但增長速度已靜音輕微。 Historically, the revised numbers are in keeping with the past four years where IT budget increases have averaged 2.4 percent.” 從歷史上看，修訂數字是在符合過去四年的地方預算的增加平均為2.4 ％。 “

This survey shows an interesting divergence in Corporate IT spending since last economic slowdown. In all the previous slowdown, the IT spending was also curtailed. I think this divergence is due to 2 factors 本次調查顯示，一個有趣的分歧，在企業的IT支出，自去年經濟增長放緩。在以前所有的放緩， IT支出也大為減少。我認為這種分歧是由於二因素

The Impact of Globalization : The global surveys in the past mainly focused on Europe, 全球化的影響 ：全球調查，在過去主要集中在歐洲， Japan 日本 and US. Emerging countries had little impact. The Global Economy was tightly coupled. If the US Economy contracted then it created Global Recession. But this time around emerging countries in Asia/Pacific seem not to be affected by the slowdown in US economy (Asia/Pacific IT Budget forecast of about 6% growth according to survey). This is a clear indication of emergence of decoupling in the Global market (especially in the field of IT investment). While the 和美國。新興國家的影響不大。全球經濟是緊密耦合。如果美國的經濟收縮，然後它創造了全球性的經濟衰退，然而這一次，周圍的新興國家，在亞洲/太平洋似乎並沒有受到影響放緩，在美國經濟（亞洲/太平洋IT預算的預測，約有6 ％的增長，據調查），這是一個清楚地表明出現了解耦在全球市場（特別是在該領域的IT投資）。而 US 美國 companies are in belt tightening mode, the other regions are growing (Even Europe is forecasting 4% growth in IT budget) 公司是在帶收緊模式，其他地區日益增長的（歐洲，甚至是預測四％的增長， IT預算）
Rising Importance in the Role of IT in an Organization : If IT is seen through the cost lens (as it was done in the past downturns), it always makes to curtail IT spending. 不斷上升的重要性的作用，它在一個組織 ：如果它被認為是通過鏡頭的成本（因為它是過去所做的那樣衰退），它總是令，以減少IT支出。 No wonder all past downturn forced IT department to cut cost. The fact that “IT budgets are not the ‘target rich’ environment for cost cutting they have been in the past” according to the CNBC article is a subtle indication that the Business Executives, now believe that IT has an important role to play in creating and sustaining competitive advantage. 怪不得過去的所有低迷，迫使它處，以削減成本。事實，即“ IT預算是不是'的目標，豐富的環境，為削減成本，他們已在過去的”根據該CNBC的文章是一個微妙的跡象表明，商界行政人員，現在相信它有一個可以發揮重要作用，創造和維持競爭優勢。 They are willing to look beyond this current slump and continue investing in IT projects that have strategic impact. 他們是願意看，這超出了目前的低迷，繼續投資在資訊科技項目，有戰略影響。

I believe this contraction in the business cycle is an inflection point where corporate reaction to IT has changed. 我相信這收縮，商業週期是一個拐點的地方企業的反應，它改變了。 IT has gained prominence in the creating strategic value to the businesses around the world and dips in IT Budget growth will be smaller in future contraction in business cycle. 它已獲得突出，在創造的戰略價值，向世界各地的企業和傾角在IT預算的增長將在未來較小的收縮，在商業週期。