Comments on: British businesses slash IT budgets

U.K. companies have downgraded their technology-spending plans for 2007, but huge differences exist between sectors.

[rhug505456]

Bad Headline

This is a very bad headline. One would think that IT budgets would be slashed next year. Instead they are growing only 2.8%. Yes, this is off early year estimates but the estimates taken six months ago were only estimates, before budgets were actually made.

In a time of outsourcing, the headline should have read: IT BUDGETS TO GROW NEARLY 3% IN 2007

[MrNougat]

RTFA

If you'd read it, you would know that the headline might read: "UK IT budgets grow only 0.9% for 2007" with an emphasis on "only."

It's pretty common practice politicians to describe lowering the rate of increase of a particular budget as a "budget cut" and for their opponents to decry that as incorrect just as you have. I suppose it depends on what side of the story you're on as to whether you want to call it a budget cut or not.

[Commander_Spock]

So....

... how did this "Gartner" Report address the issues with regards to the release of Microsoft's Vista and the potential impact on the global economy when earlier reports have projected an increase in IT jobs in Europe and the USA (suggesting an obvious increase in global IT spending). Additionally, this report appears incomplete as it does not appear to have addresses projected IT spending by Small and Medium businesses around the world then speaks about a global economy as if the spending on IT products and services by Small and Medium businesses (other industries - airline travel, hotels, development banking...) do not count!

[Commander_Spock]

Now, Why The Gartner Report Partly "Sucks"!

Now, the world knows the the "Brits" are fierce CRICKET lovers (unless they have changed over the years) and 2007 is the year of International Cricket; so, is this report going to discount a potential "spike" in IT resources during these games that will be held in the Caribbean and will be brought on by would-be internet viewers! So, how will this projected "spike" be addressed by way of IT spending (+/-) in the UK (and most likely the USA?