46% of the respondents planned to increase their technology budget and only 26% expected to reduce their IT spending levels. The remaining 28% said they will stick closely to their previous year’s budget, regardless of the dips and upticks of the economy. The average IT budget as a percentage of the company’s revenues remains low, averaging below five percent of the organization’s total earnings. The areas where IT managers are expected to pour increased investments include security, storage, application/systems, data networking, and network convergence.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2127408/security-will-receive-the-big-share-of-2011-it-budget.html