{"id":9313,"date":"2019-05-31T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=9313"},"modified":"2019-04-17T07:42:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T15:42:08","slug":"it-spending-decline-in-data-center-spending-slows-it-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/it-spending-decline-in-data-center-spending-slows-it-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Spending: Decline in Data Center Spending Slows IT Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global IT spending is expected to reach $3.79 trillion dollars, according to Gartner.  A huge sum.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.focus-economics.com\/blog\/the-largest-economies-in-the-world\">It much bigger than the entire 2019 GDP of the United Kingdom.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IT spending growth has notched down and is expected to be only 1.1 percent in 2019.  Spending had been initially forecast higher, but data center spending has been a drag on overall IT spending and is expected to decline 2.8 percent this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table style=\"width: 511.5pt; margin-left: 5.4pt;\">\n <tbody>\n  <tr>\n   <td> <br><br><\/td>\n   <td>2018<br><div id=\"div-clmb-ctn-208630-1\" data-slot=\"208630\" data-position=\"1\" data-section=\"0\" ><\/div><br>Spending<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>2018<br><br>Growth (%)<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>2019<br><br>Spending<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>2019<br><br>Growth (%)<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >2020 Spending<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>2020 Growth (%)<br><br><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Data Center Systems<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>210<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>15.5<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>204<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>-2.8<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>207<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>1.7<br><br><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Enterprise Software<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>399<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>9.3<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>427<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>7.1<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>462<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>8.2<br><br><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>Devices<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>667<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>0.3<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>655<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>-1.9<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>677<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>3.5<br><br><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td>IT Services<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>982<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>5.5<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>1,016<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>3.5<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>1,065<br><br><\/td>\n   <td>4.8<br><br><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td >Communications Services<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >1,489<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >2.1<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >1,487<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >-0.1<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >1,513<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >1.7<br><br><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n  <tr>\n   <td >Overall IT<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >3,747<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >4.0<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >3,790<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >1.1<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >3,925<br><br><\/td>\n   <td >3.6<br><br><\/td>\n  <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p 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