Forrester Research expects $115.6 bln will be spent for travel online in the US alone in 2009, and that number is expected to jump to $157.8 bln by 2013.
Infrastructure sharing to save companies $60 bln by 2014
ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 bln over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing.
Enterprise software to grow 0.3% in 2009
Worldwide enterprise software revenue is forecast to total $222.6 bln in 2009, reflecting a flat 0.3% growth rate from 2008 revenue of $221.9 bln, according to Gartner.
$400 mln spent on delivering video via CDNs in 2008
In 2008 an estimated $400 mln was spent on delivering video via CDNs, according to Frost & Sullivan. That number is expected to grow to more than $1.4 bln by 2012.
Worldwide IT Spending by Vertical Markets in 2009
| Industry and spending, mln. $ | IT Spending 2009 | IT Spending 2008 | Growth, YTY |
| Utilities | 131,812 | 128,146 | 2.9 |
| Healthcare | 88,012 | 86,080 | 2.2 |
| Government | 428,289 | 419,533 | 2.1 |
| Communications | 371,515 | 368,341 | 0.9 |
| Education | 59,961 | 59,341 | 1.0 |
| Agriculture, Mining and Construction | 29,658 | 29,386 | 0.9 |
| Services | 192,622 | 190,304 | 1.2 |
| Retail Trade | 153,755 | 153,331 | 0.3 |
| Transportation | 105,806 | 105,985 | -0.2 |
| Financial Services | 554,388 | 558,496 | -0.7 |
| Wholesale Trade | 81,446 | 81,158 | 0.4 |
| Manufacturing | 479,586 | 482,723 | -0.6 |
| Total | 2,676,850 | 2,662,825 | 0.5 |
| Source: Gartner | |||
International phone calls up 12% in 2008
Cross-border telephone traffic grew 14% in 2007 and is estimated to have grown 12% in 2008, to 384 billion minutes. Due to declining call prices, however, revenues have largely been flat. While international telephone traffic is increasing at a modest pace, Skype’s international traffic has soared: TeleGeography estimates that Skype’s cross-border traffic grew approximately 41% in 2008, to 33 billion minutes, equivalent to 8% of combined international telephone traffic, TeleGeography says.
Top Technology Priorities in 2009
| Top 10 Business Priorities | Ranking | Top 10 Technology Priorities | Ranking | ||
| Business process improvement | 1 | Business intelligence | 1 | ||
| Reducing enterprise costs | 2 | Enterprise applications (ERP, CRM and others) | 2 | ||
| Improving enterprise workforce effectiveness | 3 | Servers and storage technologies (virtualization) | 3 | ||
| Attracting and retaining new customers | 4 | Legacy application modernization | 4 | ||
| Increasing the use of information/analytics | 5 | Collaboration technologies | 5 | ||
| Creating new products or services (innovation) | 6 | Networking, voice and data communications | 6 | ||
| Targeting customers and markets more effectively | 7 | Technical infrastructure | 7 | ||
| Managing change initiatives | 8 | Security technologies | 8 | ||
| Expanding current customer relationships | 9 | Service-oriented applications and architecture | 9 | ||
| Expanding into new markets and geographies | 10 | Document management | 10 | ||
| Source: Gartner | |||||
IT spending to drop 9% in 2009
Goldman Sachs estimated IT spending will drop 9% in 2009, based on figures for gross domestic product, capital spending and corporate profits.
LCD TV panel sales to grow 20.5% in 2009
The Information Network forecasts array processing equipment to decrease 41% in 2009 following an increase of 30% in 2008. Large-size TFT-LCD panel growth in 2009 will be buoyed by LCD TV and notebook sales. For 2009, 113.3 mln panels will be sold for LCD TVs, up 20.5% from 94.0 mln in 2008. Panels for notebooks will grow slightly faster, up 26.6% to 177.0 mln panels. Panels for monitors will decrease 17.0% in 2009 to 144.9 mln units.
IT spending in China to reach $51.2 bln in 2009
IT spending in China will reach $51.2 bln in 2009, a YTY growth of 11%, according to SpringBoard.