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Andrew Bartels, Vice President, Principal Analyst
Andy serves Vendor Strategy professionals. He is a leading expert on IT spending, purchases, and budgeting trends; IT spending benchmarks; and tech sector economics. He also covers sourcing and procurement technologies (eSourcing, eProcurement, contract . . .
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For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US And Global IT Market Outlook: Q3 2009
The Tech Recovery In Q4 2009 Is Still On Track, Despite A Worse Growth Rate For 2009
by Andrew Bartels, September 29, 2009
Forrester stays steady with our earlier projections — the US tech market will start to recover from the downturn in Q4 2009, with the global tech market improving in 2010. As we expected, Q2 2009 was another down quarter in the US and in other markets. . . .
For B2B Market Research Professionals
European IT Market Outlook: 2009 To 2010
The European Recession Hurts IT Purchases
by Andrew Bartels, Peter O'Neill, August 28, 2009
The European market for business-purchased technology goods and services (measured in euros) will decline by 6.3% in 2009, and be slow to recover in 2010 with only 4% growth. In both regards, it will lag behind the US tech market, which will have a smaller . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
Understanding Today's Demand For IT Services
Project Work Is Down But Has Growth Potential; IT Outsourcing Is Just Weak
by Tim Sheedy, Andrew Bartels, August 11, 2009
The IT services market is behaving peculiarly in this tech downturn. While project-based IT consulting and systems integration work is now falling, it: 1) held up remarkably well until Q4 2008; 2) is down less than other categories of IT spending; and . . .
For B2B Market Research Professionals
The State Of SMB IT Budgets: 2009
Business Data Services North America And Europe
by Heidi Lo, Andrew Bartels, August 7, 2009
This document provides SMB highlights of an extensive data set collected via Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Global IT Budgets And Spending Survey, Q2 2009. Overall, the global recession has made CIOs and IT decision-makers cut back their IT budgets, with . . .
For B2B Market Research Professionals
The State Of Enterprise IT Budgets: 2009
Business Data Services North America And Europe
by Heidi Lo, Andrew Bartels, August 7, 2009
This document provides enterprise highlights of an extensive data set collected via Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Global IT Budgets And Spending Survey, Q2 2009. Overall, the global recession has North American enterprises expecting to decrease 2009 . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
There's Gold For Vendors In Stimulus Packages
But It Will Take Mining To Get At The Opportunities That Exist
by Andrew Bartels, Jennifer Belissent, Ph.D., Heidi Lo, July 7, 2009
As economies around the world slid into recession, governments in the US and many other countries rushed out economic stimulus programs. Many programs have funds explicitly set aside for technology goods and services; others provide implicit opportunities . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US And Global IT Market Outlook: Q2 2009
More Weakness Ahead, But The Worst Declines Are In The Past
by Andrew Bartels, June 29, 2009
To paraphrase the title of Richard Fariña's 1960s novel, "been down so far it looks like up to me" is an apt description of the US and global IT markets at mid-year 2009. While the Q1 2009 tech market indicator data ranged from bad to ghastly, we think . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
Canada And Latin America IT Outlook: 2009 To 2010
Caught In A Global Recession, These Markets Will Lag The US Tech Recovery
by Andrew Bartels, June 23, 2009
The Canadian and Latin American IT markets are far smaller than the US market, will decline in 2009 to a much greater degree in dollar terms, and will lag behind the US tech recovery in 2010. Nonetheless, these markets are worth pursuing for IT vendors. . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US Enterprise Versus SMB IT Budgets In 2009
Enterprises Will Not Do As Badly As SMBs In Many Verticals In 2009 Downturn
by Andrew Bartels, May 7, 2009
US IT budgetary spending will fall in 2009 by 2% as the recession takes its toll on US businesses and governments. Contrary to past experience, small and medium-size business (SMB) IT spending will decline more than enterprise IT spending as SMBs bear . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US IT Market Outlook: Q1 2009
Our Bleak Alternative View Moves Closer To Reality
by Andrew Bartels, March 31, 2009
The US recession keeps getting worse than we and many economists had expected. Instead of the 2% to 3% drop in real GDP that the US experienced in the 1990s and 2001 to 2002 recessions, US real GDP fell by more than 6% in Q4 2008 and will fall by a similar . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
Predictions 2009: ePurchasing Market
Growth Slows Both Overall And For eProcurement But Is Strong In Other Areas
by Andrew Bartels, March 26, 2009
The ePurchasing market — software solutions for eProcurement, eSourcing, contract life-cycle management (CLM), automated spend analysis, accounts payable electronic invoice presentment and payment (AP-EIPP), services procurement, supplier performance . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
Where The Jobs Are: 2009 US IT Occupation Trends
A Profile Of IT Department And IT Vendor Use Of IT Occupations
by Andrew Bartels, March 5, 2009
The US market for jobs in information technology will not escape the US recession, with total jobs in IT occupations down by 1.2% in 2009. While the recession will be painful for those in IT occupations, the pain will be relatively mild compared with . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
Global IT Market Outlook: 2009
The Global Recessions Will Slow IT Purchases Growth To A Crawl
by Andrew Bartels, January 12, 2009
Global purchases of IT goods and services — or from the other perspective IT vendors' revenues — will equal $1.66 trillion in 2009, declining by 3% after an 8% rise in 2008. A declining US dollar boosted 2008 growth rates, but a stronger dollar will hurt . . .
For CIOs
US IT Spending Benchmarks For 2008
More Options For CIOs To Find The Best IT Budget Benchmark
by Andrew Bartels, Craig Symons, December 23, 2008
Forrester's annual report on US IT spending benchmarks has been one of our most popular and eagerly awaited documents each year. We first offer CIO-based data and analysis on the whys and hows of IT benchmarking and the impact of cash-outlay-based IT . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US IT Market Outlook: Q4 2008
Down, But Not As Bad As The 2001 To 2002 Tech Depression
by Andrew Bartels, December 9, 2008
The question for the US tech market is no longer whether the US economy is in recession — instead, it is how long and deep the recession will be and how much damage will it do to the tech sector. Forrester is still a relative optimist, believing that . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
What The Financial Crisis Means To The Tech Market
The Expected Slowdown Arrives In Spades, With Greater Risks Of It Getting Worse
by Andrew Bartels, October 15, 2008
In our September 24, 2008, review of the US IT market — as of the third quarter of 2008 — we predicted a distinct slowdown in growth for US business and government purchases of technology goods and services due to an assumed recession starting in the . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US IT Market Outlook: Q3 2008
The US Recession And Tech Slowdown Will Hit In Late 2008
by Andrew Bartels, September 24, 2008
The 2008 US recession and related slowdown in the US tech market has been delayed, not cancelled. With Q2 2008 data now available for both the US economy and the US tech market, growth in both areas was surprisingly strong. The US economy grew by 3.3%, . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
Canada IT Market Outlook: 2008 To 2009
Growth Will Revive After A Sluggish First Half Of 2008
by Andrew Bartels, September 17, 2008
The Canadian IT market has been a challenging one for vendors for the past year or so, but there are prospects for improvement. Forrester projects that IT purchases by Canadian businesses and governments in Canadian dollars will grow by just 3% in 2008, . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
Holistic View: The ePurchasing Software Market
Strong Growth And Dynamism Despite Maturing eProcurement And eSourcing
by Andrew Bartels, September 9, 2008
Vendors have both opportunities and challenges in the dynamic ePurchasing market, with strong double-digit growth projected for 2008 despite a slowing overall IT market. While products like eProcurement and eSourcing are widely adopted and have slower . . .
For Business Process & Applications Professionals
The Forrester Wave™: Contract Life-Cycle Management, Q3 2008
Ariba, Emptoris, SAP, Selectica, And Upside Software Are The Leaders
by Andrew Bartels, August 11, 2008
In Forrester's 110-criteria evaluation of contract life-cycle management (CLM) vendors, we found that Ariba, Emptoris, SAP, Selectica, and Upside Software led the pack because of their advanced functions for contract creation, contract repositories, analysis . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US IT Market Outlook: Q2 2008
Not So Bad So Far — But There Is Worse To Come In The Rest Of The Year
by Andrew Bartels, June 16, 2008
With Q1 2008 data now in for both the US economy and the US tech market, the year has started out much as we expected. The data so far supports our projection that the US market for technology goods and services will see a slowdown in growth in 2008, . . .
For Business Process & Applications Professionals
Market Overview 2008: Automated Spend Analysis
Fast-Growing ePurchasing Product Market Delivers Insight Into Large Enterprises
by Andrew Bartels, April 16, 2008
Automated spend analysis software is an essential tool for chief purchasing officers (CPOs) at large, global, diversified enterprises, and it's a useful tool for many others. Automated spend analysis helps CPOs (and CFOs) gain insight into what their . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US IT Market Outlook: Q1 2008 In Detail
The Detailed Analysis Behind Our IT Market Outlook In Q1
by Andrew Bartels, April 4, 2008
Our Q1 2008 US IT market outlook predicts 2.9% IT purchases growth in 2008. In this report, we dig more deeply into the outlook for different categories of software, computer equipment, and communications equipment. Software purchases will avoid much . . .
For Vendor Strategy Professionals
US IT Market Outlook: Q1 2008
A Bigger Slowdown In Tech Purchases In 2008 But A Strong Recovery In 2009
by Andrew Bartels, March 31, 2008
The US market for technology goods and services will experience a significant slowdown in growth in 2008, to less than 3% from 6% in 2007. This lower growth rate reflects the deterioration in the US economic outlook. On a positive note, the US tech market . . .
For B2B Market Research Professionals
The State Of Enterprise IT Budgets: 2008
Business Data Services North America And Europe
by Andrew Bartels, March 27, 2008
Going into 2008, North American and European enterprises had IT budget priorities that generally matched 2007 priorities. Overall, they expected to increase 2008 IT budgets by 3% — the same percentage increase that they planned for their 2007 IT budgets. . . .
