5 IT Spending Trends Solution Providers Need To Know

Successful IT businesses always keep a keen eye on the future to predict where customers will spend their IT dollars. New data from top research firms IDC and Gartner break down where organizations will spend their IT budget over the next three years.

Worldwide IT spending is expected to grow slowly from $2.46 trillion in 2015 to $2.8 trillion (about 14 percent) in 2019, according to an IDC report released last week. IDC isn't the only research firm forecasting slow worldwide IT spending growth over the next few years, as Gartner projected similar slow growth numbers in a recent report.

Here are five key data points from IDC that channel partners need to be wary of before making that big investment.