[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso for this link. ]
“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%…”