Large businesses continue to show signs of confidence compared to their medium-size and small business counterparts with an overall CDW IT Monitor score of 79. The hiring outlook among IT decision makers at large companies is also gaining momentum—37 percent of IT decision makers at large corporations anticipate hiring additional IT staff in the second half of 2010, up eleven percentage points since June 2009.

Additional large business highlights from the June CDW IT Monitor include:

• Sixty-seven percent of IT decision makers at large businesses anticipate increased budgets in the next six months, up five percentage points since the beginning of the year.
• The percentage of IT decision makers who expect to replace or install hardware at large organizations continued to increase to 88 percent, up eight percentage points since June 2009.
• Eighty-nine percent of IT decision makers at large businesses anticipate replacing or installing software in the next six months, up eight percentage points since June 2009.
• The percentage of corporate IT decision makers at large companies who believe IT investment is beneficial to their organization’s efficiency and performance rose five percentage points from the last IT Monitor to 86 percent.