Gartner Says Worldwide IT Spending Forecast To Grow 1.4% In 2017
The Gartner Worldwide IT Spending Forecast is the leading indicator of major technology trends across the hardware, software, IT services, and telecom markets.
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.5 trillion in 2017, a 1.4% increase from 2016, according to Gartner, Inc. This growth rate is down from the previous quarter's forecast of 2.7%, due in part to the rising U.S. dollar (Table 1.)