{"id":4837,"date":"2014-08-18T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=4837"},"modified":"2014-08-17T16:02:42","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T00:02:42","slug":"technology-market-bubble-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/technology-market-bubble-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology Market: Bubble or Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IT Industry business confidence is slipping. \u00a0A business confidence index, as measured by the <a title=\"CompTIA Tech Survey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comptia.org\/resources\/it-industry-business-confidence-index-q3-2014\" target=\"_blank\">computer industry trade association CompTIA<\/a>, dropped in the third quarter from 61.3 to 60.1 in the second quarter. \u00a0The scale is based on surveys taken of IT executives and covers questions about the general economy, the tech industry, and also their own companies.<\/p>\n<p>The drop might be considered a blip, especially given the fact that three-quarters of those surveyed said that they are well ahead of their target sales goals for the year. \u00a080 percent of large companies, 93 percent of medium-sized companies, and 74 percent of small companies all said that their sales were on track for the year. \u00a0This despite reports by <a title=\"Gartner downgrades IT spending\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.alinean.com\/2014\/07\/oops-they-did-it-again-gartner-revises.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gartner<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Forrester report on IT downgrade\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itworld.com\/software\/431514\/forrester-downgrades-2014-global-it-spending-forecast-citing-weak-first-half\" target=\"_blank\">Forrester <\/a>and <a title=\"IDC downgrades IT spending forecast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idc.com\/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24865914\" target=\"_blank\">IDC <\/a>that adjusted downward their IT tech spending forecast for the year.<\/p>\n<p>The CompTIA report also dug a bit deeper and uncovered the worries 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