The good news is that the economic assumptions behind our IT forecast are holding up. John Gantz More John Gantz Quotes 0
The very small businesses often run on PCs, which are generally running newer software and hardware. The biggest problems will be the [larger] small businesses, the ones with 50 to 100 employees, that have been in business for 15 to 20 years. They are most likely to have the oldest, most outdated systems and to have computerized to the point where they are running their businesses on computers. John Gantz More John Gantz Quotes 0
It is not that the resources aren't available, it is the time and money to take advantage of them aren't there or the knowledge of how [to prepare]. John Gantz More John Gantz Quotes 0
Large companies have at least thought about the legal liability issue. [Small businesses] are more vulnerable in that respect and the situation is worse outside the U.S. John Gantz More John Gantz Quotes 0
In some really small businesses, it may be that your only computer guy will have to come in. Paying overtime for those people is a little more of a burden on the small company. John Gantz More John Gantz Quotes 0
Then last month they more than doubled their spending outlook when users realized the economy was still perking along. This month they came back to earth. Small business executives were especially realistic. John Gantz More John Gantz Quotes 0
We think the sudden reversal of expectations was only partly the result of cooling thoughts about the future. The rest was a result of statistical variability in the sample polled as we indicated it might be last month. John Gantz More John Gantz Quotes 0
More important than this temporary alignment is the fact that the indicators are going in the same direction and have been doing so for several months. The Katrina period seems to have been the low point and we interpret the trend as the slow accommodation to the reality of higher oil prices. We also like seeing user expectations in line with vendor revenue forecasts. John Gantz More John Gantz Quotes 0