Results from the latest CDW IT Monitor indicate a slight dip in anticipated IT budgets and spending among IT decision-makers within the corporate sector overall. Fifty-one percent of corporate IT decision-makers expect budget increases in the next six months, down one percentage point from December 2011.

Additional corporate sector highlights from the latest CDW IT Monitor include:

• The outlook for hardware procurement remained steady, with 92 percent of corporate IT decision-makers anticipating investments in the next six months.
• Double-digit increase in anticipated spending from small business IT decision-makers (up 15 percentage points from December 2011) led the corporate sector.
• Corporate IT decision-makers are more likely to purchase new hardware than those in the government sector (29 vs. 17 percent).
• Anticipated spending on IT solutions dropped one percentage point among corporate IT decision-makers, with 54 percent expecting increased spending.