{"id":9127,"date":"2019-03-06T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=9127"},"modified":"2019-01-29T09:14:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T17:14:08","slug":"global-it-spending-reaching-for-3-7-trillion-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/global-it-spending-reaching-for-3-7-trillion-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Global IT Spending: Reaching for $3.7 Trillion Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2008, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/article\/2275463\/infrastructure-management\/gartner-says-it-spending-growth-to-slow-across-board-in-2009.amp.html\">Gartner predicted<\/a> that global IT spending would reach $3.6 trillion.  IT spending has been hovering at that level over the last decade.  Shortly after the 2008 prediction, we were hit with a global recession.  Then  again in <a href=\"https:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/245229-gartner-2011-it-spending-forecast-to-increase-5-percent-to-3_6-trillion\">2011 <\/a>followed again in <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2012-07-trillion-year-gartner.html\">2012<\/a>, Gartner was targeting $3.6 billion for global IT spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2014, Gartner predicted that global IT spending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/gartnergroup\/2014\/07\/02\/global-it-spending-on-pace-to-grow-2-1-percent-in-2014\/#67382b7f1ff1\">would grow to $3.75 <\/a>billion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/article\/tech-sector-applauds-gartner-it-spending-forecast-cm816345\">2015 and 2016<\/a> saw declines in IT spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2012, Gartner&#8217;s Richard Gorden <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2012-07-trillion-year-gartner.html#jCp\">said that <\/a>\u00a0&#8220;while the challenges facing global economic growth persist &#8212; the eurozone crisis, weaker US recovery, a slowdown in China &#8212; the outlook has at least stabilized.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That rationale for what to expect isn&#8217;t that much different seven years later with the 2019 Gartner forecast.  With trade instabilities and an uncertain economy for China, vice president at Gartner,  <br> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/analyst\/24314\/John-David-Lovelock\">John-David Lovelock<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190128005405\/en\/Gartner-Global-Spending-Reach-3.8-Trillion-2019\"> said that<\/a> &#8220;despite uncertainty fueled by recession rumors, Brexit, and trade wars and tariffs, the likely scenario for IT spending in 2019 is growth.&#8221;  Gartner predicts that global IT spending will reach $3.7 billion in 2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fglobal-it-spending-reaching-for-3-7-trillion-again%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\" 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