Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5 percent over 2015 spending of $3.5 trillion, according to Gartner analysts.
"Most traditional IT now has a 'digital service twin' — license software has cloud software, servers have Infrastructure as a Service, and cellular voice has VoLTE," says John-David Lovelock, Gartner VP. "Things that once had to be purchased as an asset can now be delivered as a service.”
That can change spending patterns, making them less “lumpy.” In place of stairstep capex, an entity might see a more-linear monthly subscription pattern.
Worldwide IT Spending Forecast (Billions of U.S. Dollars)
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2015 Spending
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2015 Growth (%)
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2016 Spending
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2016 Growth (%)
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Devices
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650
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-6.4
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626
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-3.7
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Data Center Systems
|
171
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2.9
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175
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2.1
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Software
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308
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-1.9
|
321
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4.2
|
IT Services
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910
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-4.7
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929
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2.1
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Communications Services
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1,470
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-8.4
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1,441
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-2.0
|
Overall IT
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3,509
|
-6.0
|
3,492
|
-0.5
|
The device market will decline 3.7 percent in 2016.
ommunications service spending will dip two percent, with global spending reaching $1.4 trillion, Gartner estimates. If IT spending captures the bulk of buisness spending on communications, then it appears--at an aggregate level--that business spending on communications will fall in 2016.
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