The Economic Impact of Innovation

A white paper has been published by IDC and contains forecasts for the IT industry for 52 countries. To download the report in pdf format, click here.

Key points highlighted in the report include:

• IT spending for 2009 for the 52 countries will be $1.414 trillion.
• Employment in the IT industry and IT professionals will rise by 5.8m by the end of 2013.
• 51% of IT employment will be software-related.
• 75,000 new businesses will be created by the end of 2013.

The list of 52 countries and the study methodology can be found here.