Results from the latest CDW IT Monitor show that anticipated budgets and IT spending is up for small business IT decision-makers. Twenty-four percent of small business IT decision-makers expect budget increases in the next six months, increasing one percentage point since October. Small business IT budgets continue to rise, seeing gains in three consecutive IT Monitor surveys.

Additional small business highlights from the latest CDW IT Monitor include:

• The outlook for hardware procurement climbed nine percentage points since October, with 55 percent of small business IT decision-makers anticipating investments in the next six months.
• Software procurement gained 10 percentage points since October, as 63 percent of small business IT decision-makers expect to spend on software in the next six months.
• Anticipated IT solutions spending was up one percentage point since October, with 26 percent of small business IT decision-makers planning solutions investments.