T + D, January 1st, 2002
Which market is suffering most?
Overall corporate IT spending in 2001 is expected to decline more than 12 precent from 2000 estimates, according to Cahners In-Stat. Considering the deterioration of the market since March 2000, that data shouldn't be a surprise to training and software vendors, except that it would be the first decline in a decade. What we believe is pertinent about the data is the segment breakdown by market, which isolates the decline by company size.
In our analysis, the enterprise market began declining early in the year, starting first with cuts to instructor-led trainin...
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