Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 5% in 2011

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.6 trillion in 2011, a 5.1 percent increase from 2010, according to the latest outlook by Gartner. In 2010, worldwide IT spending totaled $3.4 trillion, up 5.4 percent from 2009 levels. Gartner has raised its outlook for 2011 global IT spending from its previous forecast of 3.5 percent…