{"id":11729,"date":"2022-02-21T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T23:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=11729"},"modified":"2022-02-17T15:41:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:41:21","slug":"it-spending-in-2022-analysts-forecast-it-to-snap-back-into-a-pre-covid-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/it-spending-in-2022-analysts-forecast-it-to-snap-back-into-a-pre-covid-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Spending in 2022: Analysts Forecast IT to Snap Back into a pre-Covid Playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we move into 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022-01-18-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-it-spending-to-grow-five-point-1-percent-in-2022\">Gartner is forcasting<\/a> that globally IT spending will be about $4.5 trillion in 2022, an increase of about 5 percent over 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a move away from short-term to multi-year projects by enterprises in 2022.  But tech talent is in short supply which is causing many companies to seek help from outsourcing , consultants, and managed services.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/IT-spending-2022-services-Gartner\/617388\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ciodive.com\/news\/IT-spending-2022-services-Gartner\/617388\/\">Priorities for CIOs<\/a> going into 2022 include digital transformation and modernization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><b>Gartner Forecast for Global IT Spending 2022<\/b><\/center><table border=1 cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td><strong>2021 Spending<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2021 Growth (%)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2022 Spending<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2022 Growth (%)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2023 Spending<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2023 Growth (%)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Data Center Systems<\/td><td>&nbsp;216,337<\/td><td>&nbsp;11.4<\/td><td>&nbsp;226,475<\/td><td>&nbsp;4.7<\/td><td>&nbsp;237,021<\/td><td>&nbsp;4.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Enterprise Software<\/td><td>604,946<\/td><td>14.4<\/td><td>671,732<\/td><td>11.0<\/td><td>751,937<\/td><td>11.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Devices<\/td><td>787,417<\/td><td>13.0<\/td><td>813,699<\/td><td>3.3<\/td><td>804,253<\/td><td>-1.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>IT Services<\/td><td>1,186,103<\/td><td>10.7<\/td><td>1,279,737<\/td><td>7.9<\/td><td>1,391,742<\/td><td>8.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Communications Services<\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;1,444,324<\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.4<\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;1,462,712<\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;1.3<\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;1,494,167<\/td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;2.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Overall IT<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>4,239,127<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>9.0<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>4,454,354<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>5.1<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>4,679,119<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>5.0<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><br><center><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022-01-18-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-it-spending-to-grow-five-point-1-percent-in-2022\">Source: Gartner, January 2022<\/a><\/b><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/24314\/John-David-Lovelock\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/24314\/John-David-Lovelock\">John-David Lovelock<\/a>, research vice president at Gartner,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022-01-18-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-it-spending-to-grow-five-point-1-percent-in-2022\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022-01-18-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-it-spending-to-grow-five-point-1-percent-in-2022\"> said that<\/a> &#8220;2022 is the year that the future returns for the CIO. They are now in a position to move beyond the critical, short term projects over the past two years and focus on the long term. 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