"According to a recent survey conducted by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com and other TechTarget Web sites, enterprises are bullish about information technology spending.
"Sixty-two percent of respondents to TechTarget's 2004 IT Spending Survey said that their overall IT budgets would increase during 2004, and approximately 17% said that increase would be greater than 10%. Slightly more than 10% said their IT budgets would decrease.
"Additionally, IT workers were asked specifically about spending plans in their areas of expertise, such as Lotus Notes/Domino, Linux, Web services and customer relationship management (CRM). Fifty-three percent said their companies plan to increase spending this year in the respondents' particular specialties. Nearly one quarter of respondents said that spending in those areas would grow by more than 10%..."
