IT Capital Spending Expected to Increase According to IT Community Research; Survey Results Indicate an Increase in IT Spending Through Early 2007.

LOVELAND, Colo. -- Janet Robbins, editorial research manager of IT Community Research (ITCR), announced the results of the 2006 IT Industry Trends Survey, which indicates an overall increase in business technology spending worldwide over the next year. Fifty-six percent of the companies surveyed plan to increase IT capital spending -- up 3 percentage points from 2005 and 10 percentage points from 2004.

"We're encouraged to see the signs of a continuing increase in IT spending over the next year," said Robbins. "Hardware and software obsolescence and the introduction of new technologies were cited as the main catalysts for the planned increase in spending. In addition, 82 percent of the respondents said they plan to upgrade Windows Server technology in the next two years." Results also indicate that managing infrastructure is the highest-priority technology initiative for IT in the coming year.

The 2006 IT Industry Trends Survey was conducted in Spring 2006 (934 respondents, +/- 3.2% margin of error at 95% confidence level). The sample was drawn from Windows IT Media print, email, Web and print newsletter readership. Respondents included IT managers, IT staff, developers, consultants and educators who have been in their technical role on average 15 years.

ITCR conducts the IT Industry Trends Survey annually to forecast IT buying and spending expectations for the IT market. ITCR is a part of Penton Media's (OTCBB:PTON) Window's IT Media group, which is based in Loveland, Colorado.

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