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To: Techplayer who wrote (33873)	3/23/2003 2:04:52 PM
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Abstract This study provides a preliminary overview of IDC's revised IT spending forecasts for 2003-2007, to be consolidated in the upcoming 2003 release of IDC's Worldwide Black Book version 1. Analysis of shifting macrolevel assumptions is provided along with top-level forecasts for worldwide IT spending by hardware, software, and services. "While the industry is not expected to rebound to the growth levels of the late 1990s and 2000 in the near term, we still expect to see a gradual recovery to healthy industry expansion, contingent upon a recovery in the wider economic environment and the successful resolution of various wild card factors, most notably in Iraq. A return to double-digit growth may well be dependent on the kind of paradigm shift that we currently do not envisage in the short to medium term, but industry growth of 7% by 2004 represents a significant rebound from the IT recession of 2001/2002." - Stephen Minton, program director, Worldwide IT Markets IDC Opinion more In 2004, the growth rate for worldwide IT spending will rise steadily to 7% (6% excluding converg... In This Study This study is based upon IDC's wide-ranging research into the global IT market and a worldwide se... Situation Overview In December 2002, we published a new IT spending outlook that took two scenarios into considerati... idcresearch.com