Businesses Are Delaying IT Upgrades

Businesses Are Delaying IT Upgrades

Companies are postponing plans for IT support infrastructure upgrades due to the challenging economic conditions, according to a study by the National Computing Centre (NCC).

The research polled more than 100 UK businesses and found that 23 per cent are delaying previously planned hardware refreshes, while the same proportion of respondents said software revamp plans have been put on hold. Some 30 per cent of companies surveyed said timescales for IT Support infrastructure upgrades have been pushed back.



The survey confirms a trend whereby IT services budgets are coming under severe pressure and any projects viewed as non-essential or only affecting the back office are coming under increased scrutiny, said Steve Fox, managing director of NCC’s evaluation centre.