http://www.thestandard.com./node/123821/comments comments feed. en Growth of US IT spending will drop by more than 80% in 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Last year in December the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the United Sates had been in recession since December 2007. As the financial crisis and economic recession further deepens, US IT investment and purchases will significantly slow down in 2009. </p> <p>According to the IDC's <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=215167">2008 Worldwide IT Spending Blackbook</a>, the year-over-year IT spending growth rate in 2008 was 3.7%. In 2009, it is predicted that the US IT spending growth in 2009 will drop by more than 80% to below 0.75%.</p> <p>This prediction will be judged once the  IDC's Worldwide IT Spending Patterns: <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P336">The Worldwide Black Book 2009 Q3 report</a> is released to the public in late November 2009. </p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/" title="Link to Tracy O's photostream">Tracy O</a><a href="http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/12/18/online-holiday-retail-spending-sails-past-22-billion-in-us/"></a></p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009#comments CIO co: IDC economy IT spending recession Software &amp; Web Tech Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:17:02 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 123821 at http://www.thestandard.com. Growth of US IT spending will drop by more than 80% in 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Last year in December the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the United Sates had been in recession since December 2007. As the financial crisis and economic recession further deepens, US IT investment and purchases will significantly slow down in 2009. </p> <p>According to the IDC's <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=215167">2008 Worldwide IT Spending Blackbook</a>, the year-over-year IT spending growth rate in 2008 was 3.7%. In 2009, it is predicted that the US IT spending growth in 2009 will drop by more than 80% to below 0.75%.</p> <p>This prediction will be judged once the  IDC's Worldwide IT Spending Patterns: <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P336">The Worldwide Black Book 2009 Q3 report</a> is released to the public in late November 2009. </p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/" title="Link to Tracy O's photostream">Tracy O</a><a href="http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/12/18/online-holiday-retail-spending-sails-past-22-billion-in-us/"></a></p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009#comments CIO co: IDC economy IT spending recession Software &amp; Web Tech Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:17:02 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 123821 at http://www.thestandard.com. Growth of US IT spending will drop by more than 80% in 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Last year in December the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the United Sates had been in recession since December 2007. As the financial crisis and economic recession further deepens, US IT investment and purchases will significantly slow down in 2009. </p> <p>According to the IDC's <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=215167">2008 Worldwide IT Spending Blackbook</a>, the year-over-year IT spending growth rate in 2008 was 3.7%. In 2009, it is predicted that the US IT spending growth in 2009 will drop by more than 80% to below 0.75%.</p> <p>This prediction will be judged once the  IDC's Worldwide IT Spending Patterns: <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P336">The Worldwide Black Book 2009 Q3 report</a> is released to the public in late November 2009. </p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/" title="Link to Tracy O's photostream">Tracy O</a><a href="http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/12/18/online-holiday-retail-spending-sails-past-22-billion-in-us/"></a></p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009#comments CIO co: IDC economy IT spending recession Software &amp; Web Tech Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:17:02 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 123821 at http://www.thestandard.com. Growth of US IT spending will drop by more than 80% in 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Last year in December the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the United Sates had been in recession since December 2007. As the financial crisis and economic recession further deepens, US IT investment and purchases will significantly slow down in 2009. </p> <p>According to the IDC's <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=215167">2008 Worldwide IT Spending Blackbook</a>, the year-over-year IT spending growth rate in 2008 was 3.7%. In 2009, it is predicted that the US IT spending growth in 2009 will drop by more than 80% to below 0.75%.</p> <p>This prediction will be judged once the  IDC's Worldwide IT Spending Patterns: <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P336">The Worldwide Black Book 2009 Q3 report</a> is released to the public in late November 2009. </p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/" title="Link to Tracy O's photostream">Tracy O</a><a href="http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/12/18/online-holiday-retail-spending-sails-past-22-billion-in-us/"></a></p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009#comments CIO co: IDC economy IT spending recession Software &amp; Web Tech Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:17:02 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 123821 at http://www.thestandard.com. Growth of US IT spending will drop by more than 80% in 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Last year in December the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the United Sates had been in recession since December 2007. As the financial crisis and economic recession further deepens, US IT investment and purchases will significantly slow down in 2009. </p> <p>According to the IDC's <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=215167">2008 Worldwide IT Spending Blackbook</a>, the year-over-year IT spending growth rate in 2008 was 3.7%. In 2009, it is predicted that the US IT spending growth in 2009 will drop by more than 80% to below 0.75%.</p> <p>This prediction will be judged once the  IDC's Worldwide IT Spending Patterns: <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P336">The Worldwide Black Book 2009 Q3 report</a> is released to the public in late November 2009. </p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/" title="Link to Tracy O's photostream">Tracy O</a><a href="http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/12/18/online-holiday-retail-spending-sails-past-22-billion-in-us/"></a></p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009#comments CIO co: IDC economy IT spending recession Software &amp; Web Tech Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:17:02 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 123821 at http://www.thestandard.com. Growth of US IT spending will drop by more than 80% in 2009? http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009 <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p>Last year in December the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the United Sates had been in recession since December 2007. As the financial crisis and economic recession further deepens, US IT investment and purchases will significantly slow down in 2009. </p> <p>According to the IDC's <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=215167">2008 Worldwide IT Spending Blackbook</a>, the year-over-year IT spending growth rate in 2008 was 3.7%. In 2009, it is predicted that the US IT spending growth in 2009 will drop by more than 80% to below 0.75%.</p> <p>This prediction will be judged once the  IDC's Worldwide IT Spending Patterns: <a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P336">The Worldwide Black Book 2009 Q3 report</a> is released to the public in late November 2009. </p> <p>Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/" title="Link to Tracy O's photostream">Tracy O</a><a href="http://digital-lifestyles.info/2007/12/18/online-holiday-retail-spending-sails-past-22-billion-in-us/"></a></p> http://www.thestandard.com./predictions/us-it-spending-will-drop-more-80-2009#comments CIO co: IDC economy IT spending recession Software &amp; Web Tech Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:17:02 -0500 Yi-Wyn Yen 123821 at http://www.thestandard.com.