How Will Windows 7 Impact Your Company’s IT Spending Plans?
Posted on September 1, 2009 |
I'm starting work on a story on whether or not we're in the early stages of a sustainable turnaround in tech spending, and in particular at the impact of Windows 7 on the overall tech sector. If you'd like to share information about what's happening at your company, please weigh in:
-- Are dollars for IT starting to flow again? Do you expect the 2010 IT budget to increase, and by how much? Or will your company's tech spending settle at a lower level than before the downturn began a year ago?
-- What are the company's spending priorities now, and what do you think they will be in 2010?
-- Will cloud computing--essentially, the ability for company's to tap into technology purchased the cloud service providers--enable you to cut overall tech spending? Or will you spend the same, but on different things than in the past?
-- Will Windows 7 cause the company to buy more PCs? If so, will that happen this year, 2010, or after that? If not, why not?
-- Will the Windows 7 PCs your company buys be similar to models purchased in the past, or will the company move to netbooks and other cheaper models?
-- Does Windows 7 have capabilities that will drive other investment cycles--say, to higher speed 10 gig networks?
-- Do you believe the tech sector is entering a new growth phase?
Please include the company name, and contact info if you're amenable to being contacted as I report out my story.
