Like
it or not, your company’s IT budget will likely increase. According to
Tech Pro Research's 2015 IT Budget Trends, IT budgets for 2015 will be
higher than in 2014 for 45 percent of organizations.
“The global
steady growth rates are a calm ocean that hides turbulent currents
beneath,” says John Lovelock, research vice president at Gartner, the
world's leading information technology research and advisory company.
“The Nexus of Forces — social, mobile, cloud, and information — are
reshaping spending patterns across all of the IT sectors that Gartner
forecasts. Consumers and businesses will continue to purchase a mix of
IT products and services; nothing is going away completely. However, the
ratio of this mix is changing dramatically and there are clear winners
and losers over the next three to five years, as we see more of a
transition from PCs to mobile phones, from servers to storage, from
licensed software to cloud, or the shift in voice and data connections
from fixed to mobile.”
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are
not excluded from this growth. According to a survey of 1,000 SMBs
published in Wasp Barcode Technologies' 'State of Small Business
Report', 38 percent of SMBs stated they will increase IT spending in
2015.
What are the areas of largest IT growth for SMBs? IT
budgets are expected to experience the most significant growth in the
following areas:
• replacing hardware
• upgrading server infrastructure
• upgrading network security
Is your business prepared for the critical decisions that will come along with the changing tides of IT? Contact us today to learn how letting us handle your IT needs will give you more time to focus on what your business does best!
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