According to the latest CDW IT Monitor, a bimonthly indicator that tracks the direction and momentum of the U.S. IT marketplace, large businesses are increasingly planning to invest in IT products and staff as confidence among IT decision makers begins returning to the corporate sector.

The overall CDW IT Monitor for the large business sector registered a reading of 75, up one point since April 2009. Across the broader IT marketplace sentiment remains stable. The overall CDW IT Monitor score across both corporate and government sectors remained flat at 69 for the third consecutive reading.

Large business highlights from the June CDW IT Monitor include:

• Twenty-eight percent of large businesses expect to hire additional staff in the next six months, both up five percentage points since April.
• Fifty-one percent of large businesses anticipate increased IT budgets in the next six months, up four percentage points since April.
• Sixty-one percent of large businesses expect better overall company performance in the next six months, an increase of 11 percentage points from April.