Insight into Info Tech Market Performance

Unit volume improvements provide a glimmer of positive improvement for the information technology market moving forward. Global PC shipments are up 2.3% year over year for the 3rd quarter of 2009. ...

... "Global shipments totaled 78.1 million units in the July-September period, IDC said, with all regions except Japan either meeting or surpassing expectations. " ...

Via Reuters: Global PC shipments

Project Trends

Anecdotal evidence on information technology investment trends from recent quarterly report by Chordiant, which specializes in customer-focused solutions. ...

... "Although the environment continued to be a challenge in the quarter, we did see initial signs that budgets are beginning to open up and IT projects that can show a return are being approved. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Chordiant Software Earnings Call

Portfolio View to Macro Trends

Government IT project review scheduled for next week, which will require some portfolio decisions for project holds, cancellations, and recycles. ...

... "We will analyze portfolios across agencies to understand macro trends, says Kundra ... " ...

Via Federal News Radio 1500 AM: Aug 7 governmentwide IT project review

Develop Long-Term View

Can we make sense of trends to predict the future? Here's some tips ...

Intuition Creates the Futurescape

Though not exclusively, women exhibit the ability to process volumes of data, sythesize the meaning, and predict a potential future ... a skill all of us could benefit from. ...

... "Capturing the zeitgeist is about the future, an inexact - but invaluable - ability to sense where the world is going before it gets there. " ...

Via Fast Company: Intuition