[HIB]More IT managers plan to spend less, survey finds

A survey of 278 IT managers found that spending on storage systems is expected to remain flat through next year because of the soft economy and new technologies that allow IT administrators to do more with what they already have.The survey, conducted by research firm TheInfoPro in June, also asked IT managers which vendors they were most likely to stop doing business with. Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and Sun Microsystems, which was acquired by Oracle in 2009, took the top spots.For the second year, results showed Oracle struggling, TheInfoPro said in a statement. Asked how difficult it would be to switch vendors, 21% of the IT managers surveyed said it would be hard to replace Oracle, while 43% said it would be easy, and 35% said it would be "somewhat difficult." Meanwhile, 36% said it would be hard to switch from IBM, while 41% said it would be somewhat difficult and 23% said it would be easy. As for HP, 41% said it would be hard to switch, 26% said it would be easy, and 33% said it would be somewhat difficult.

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