♦  IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2009/2010

IT Spending Trends and IT Budget Metrics

The study provides clear, objective IT spending and staffing data that can be used for:

• Benchmarking an organization's IT operational spending levels by comparing them to organizations of similar size and industry sector
• Measuring an organization's IT capital budget spend levels
• Evaluating an organization's IT staffing levels

Download a free copy of the 36-page IT Spending Executive Summary, and start your IT budget plan today.

Now in its 20th year of publication, the IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks study by Computer Economics Inc. provides hundreds of benchmarks for IT budget planning and staffing.

The study provides valuable information about companies and organizations ranked by size and industry sector. Managers can use it to compare IT spending against other organizations of similar size, gain budgetary approval and evaluate existing staffing levels in light of current needs.

IT Operational Spending Flat or Falling in Most Organizations

In most years, the majority of organizations increase their IT operational budgets in order to meet growing business volume and to spread the use of IT into more of the business. In some years, however, this is not the case. In tracking this metric since 1990, it was found that a measurement below 50% is typical in recessions.

This year is one of those years: only 45% of organizations are increasing their IT operational budgets, as shown in the figure above, confirming a recession in IT spending. A full 38% are cutting IT operational spending, while the remaining 17% say their spending levels are about the same as last year. In other words, IT operational budgets are flat or falling in the majority of organizations.

The study is an indispensable tool for IT executives validating short- and long-term business development plans in a difficult economic climate.

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