????除非總體經(jīng)濟(jì)強(qiáng)勁復(fù)蘇的前景更加明朗，否則這些公司可能仍然難以走出衰退的困境。不過，在一片慘淡當(dāng)中，2013年的科技開支也有一些好消息。比如，并非整個(gè)行業(yè)都將陷入蕭條，因?yàn)楦鞔蠊具€是愿意在一些關(guān)鍵的增長(zhǎng)領(lǐng)域加大開支。

????招聘公司Teksystems調(diào)查了600名IT經(jīng)理，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)，僅有48%計(jì)劃增加2013年的IT預(yù)算（其他受訪者將削減開支或保持在2012年的水平）。但盡管如此，云服務(wù)、存儲(chǔ)與平板設(shè)備等領(lǐng)域卻出現(xiàn)了不成比例的增長(zhǎng)。高德納與弗雷斯特同樣預(yù)測(cè)這些領(lǐng)域?qū)⒊霈F(xiàn)強(qiáng)勁增長(zhǎng)。

????關(guān)鍵在于，這些領(lǐng)域之所以成為IT開支的熱點(diǎn)，很大程度上是由于它們有助于節(jié)省總成本。平板設(shè)備銷量激增是因?yàn)槠鋬r(jià)格僅是臺(tái)式機(jī)或筆記本電腦的一小部分，而云服務(wù)則可以幫助公司減少維護(hù)和更新專有軟件套件的開支。而這些情況意味著，除非2013年總體經(jīng)濟(jì)能有出人意料的強(qiáng)勁表現(xiàn)，否則對(duì)于許多IT產(chǎn)品與服務(wù)以及整個(gè)IT支出而言，明年又將是艱難的一年。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

????Until the prospect of a stronger economic recovery becomes evident, they are likely to keep languishing. For all that gloom, however, there is some good news for tech spending in 2013. Not all of the sluggish growth will be across the board, with companies willing to spend in a few key areas of growth.

????Recruiting firm Teksystems surveyed more than 600 IT managers and found that while only 48% of them were planning on increasing their IT budgets in 2013 (with the rest cutting budgets or keeping it the same as in 2012), some areas like the cloud, storage and tablets will see disproportionate growth. Gartner and Forrester also saw strong growth in these areas.

????The catch is, these hot spots of IT spending are popular in large part because they can add to overall cost savings. Tablet sales are surging because they can be bought at a fraction of the cost of a desktop or laptop PC and cloud services can help companies avoid spending on the maintenance and upgrading of proprietary software suites. Which means that barring an unexpectedly strong global economy in 2013, the coming year for many IT products and services—and for IT spending in general—is shaping up to be another tough one.