The latest CDW IT Monitor results indicate that IT decision-makers at small, medium and large-size businesses anticipate budget increases during the first half of 2012. Overall, 42 percent of corporate IT decision-makers expect to increase their IT budgets, up one percentage point since October. IT decision-makers in the healthcare (54 percent), manufacturing (49 percent) and IT (47 percent) industries are most confident about IT budget increases.

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

• Eighty percent of corporate IT decision-makers anticipate hardware spending in the next six months, with 34 percent spending on mostly new assets.
• Gaining eight percentage points since October, 83 percent of corporate IT decision-makers plan to spend on software in the next six months.
• Forty-six percent of corporate IT decision-makers are planning to spend on IT solutions in the next six months, a two percentage point increase since October.