Gartner Pads 2011 Spending Forecast with Media Tablets
April 4, 2011 Jenny Thomas
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Media tablets, such as the iPad, are all the rage in the marketplace right now, and after adding them into the computing hardware spending mix analysts at Gartner have increased their outlook for IT spending in 2011 from a previous forecast of 5.1 percent growth to a 5.6 percent bump. We previously reported that things were looking up for worldwide IT spending this year, but media tablets are clearly a game changer in 2011. This seemingly small increase of a half point created by the addition of media tablets and the falling exchange rate of the U.S. dollar actually totals |
