While there are still lingering areas of pessimism in some sectors, there are strong signs of growing confidence among IT decision makers in large businesses.

More than three out of five (62 percent) of IT decision-makers at large businesses expect IT budgets to increase in the next six months, 14 percentage points higher than October 2009, or the beginning of Q4 2009. In addition, 44 percent of large businesses expect to invest in new hardware for a significant part of their company in the next six months, up 11 percentage points since October 2009.

Additional large business highlights from the February CDW IT Monitor include:

• Eighty-five percent of those at large businesses feel their investment helps corporate performance, a six percent increase since October 2009 and the highest percentage among any sector.
• Sixty-three percent of IT decision makers at large corporations expect to implement discretionary projects, the highest reading of any sector.