Sales of media tablets such as Apple’s iPad, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab and an army of other competitors from RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard will give global information technology spending a boost, according to the latest forecast from Gartner.
The research firm said it has added tablet spending to its hardware spending estimates. The result: Global IT spending will be $3.6 trillion in 2011, up 5.6 percent from 2010. Gartner had projected growth of 5.1 percent for 2011.
In the hardware category, tablets added 2 percent of annual growth for 2011. Tablet spending should hit $29.4 billion in 2011, up from $9.6 billion in 2010. Spending on tablets should grow about 52 percent a year on average through 2015.
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The research firm said it has added tablet spending to its hardware spending estimates. The result: Global IT spending will be $3.6 trillion in 2011, up 5.6 percent from 2010. Gartner had projected growth of 5.1 percent for 2011.
In the hardware category, tablets added 2 percent of annual growth for 2011. Tablet spending should hit $29.4 billion in 2011, up from $9.6 billion in 2010. Spending on tablets should grow about 52 percent a year on average through 2015.
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