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• Report Australia Tech Market Outlook, 2020 To 2021

  The COVID-19 Recession Will Wipe Out Already Slowing Growth

  June 22, 2020 | Sam Higgins, Andrew Bartels

  In mid-2019, CIOs prepared budgets and tech vendors set marketing plans for the future — but the COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. Forecasting has become increasingly difficult, but...

• Report 2020 To 2021 US Tech Budgets: The Industry Outlook

  CIOs Should Tighten Their 2020 To 2021 Tech Budgets Based On Slowing But Still Positive US Economic Growth

  March 3, 2020 | Andrew Bartels

  The US tech budget outlook for 2020 and 2021 is getting darker, but growth will still be positive with a low risk of an actual downturn. In this report, we provide our 2020 to 2021 forecasts for...

• Report Global Tech Market Outlook For 2020 To 2021

  Global Markets Settle Into 3% Growth

  January 30, 2020 | Andrew Bartels

  2018 was a very good year for the global tech market. But 2019 was more challenging, and 2020 and 2021 will be even more so in many countries. The US/China trade war, a UK exit from the EU, and...

• Report The ePurchasing Market Is Growing Almost Twice As Fast As The Overall Software Market

  Specialists Are Holding Their Own Against Suites

  November 8, 2019 | Andrew Bartels

  Software that supports business sourcing, contracting, purchasing, and vendor management — which Forrester calls ePurchasing — will continue to see strong demand as firms maximize the value and...

• Report European Tech Market Outlook By Country For 2019 To 2020

  The UK And Italy Will Weaken In 2020, While Sweden Will Remain Strong

  October 9, 2019 | Andrew Bartels

  In a related report, we provide our overview of the outlook and key trends in the European tech market as a whole. But many European CIOs operate within specific national tech markets, not just at...

• Report European Tech Market Outlook For 2019 To 2020

  Continued Weak Economic Growth Holds Back The Value Of Technology

  October 9, 2019 | Andrew Bartels

  European CIOs should expect more challenging economic conditions in 2019 and especially in 2020, which will constrain tech budget growth. CIOs in the UK and Italy should brace for tech budget cuts:...

• Report The Canadian Tech Market Outlook For 2019 To 2020

  Canadian Tech Spending Will Moderate After Strong Growth In 2017 And 2018

  July 10, 2019 | Andrew Bartels, Cheryl McKinnon, Nate Meneer

  The Canadian tech market will see moderate growth in 2019 and 2020. Near-term prospects for Canadian economic growth appear shaky due to the collapse of oil prices in Q4 of 2018 and persistent...

• Report The Public Cloud Market Outlook, 2019 To 2022

  Public Cloud Growth Continues To Power Tech Spending

  July 2, 2019 | Andrew Bartels, Dave Bartoletti, John Rymer

  Public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and software-as-a-service (SaaS) have fundamentally reshaped the way enterprises consume technology — and how they...

• Report The Shrinking Productivity Gains From Technology Investments

  CIOs Will Need A New Approach To Justifying Their Tech Investments

  May 1, 2019 | Andrew Bartels

  Improving productivity has been core to the value proposition for technology investments. However, trends in overall US productivity indicate that tech spending is not delivering the same lift to...

• Report 2019 US Tech Budgets: Industry Outlook

  CIOs Should Make Their 2019 Plans With A Solid Understanding Of What's Going On In Their Industry

  February 6, 2019 | Andrew Bartels

  The US tech budget outlook for 2019 is generally positive, with projected growth of 6.1% only slightly slower than its 2018 growth. But in that broad picture, different industries will face very...