The outlook for hardware improvements among medium-size businesses has improved since October 2009. According to the latest CDW IT Monitor, a bimonthly indicator that tracks the direction and momentum of the U.S. IT marketplace, 81 percent of IT decision makers at medium-size businesses plan to invest in new hardware in the next six months, up six percentage points since October 2009.

Additional medium-size business highlights from the February CDW IT Monitor include:

• More than half (55 percent) of IT decision makers at medium-size businesses expect their IT budget to increase in the next six months, up six percent from October 2009.
• Nearly eight out of ten (79 percent) of IT decision makers at medium-size businesses believe that investment in IT infrastructure helps performance and efficiency, up three percent since October 2009.
• More than half (51 percent) of IT decision makers expect to be implementing discretionary IT projects over the next six months.