Goldman Sachs’ IT spending survey was published on Monday.

I feel these kinds of surveys are a really important indicator of what is going on.

The latest one by GS suggests that:

• Ongoing spending is improving
• Normal seasonality expected in Q1
• Pent-up demand for staffing, IT services strengthens – hardware remains in the top spot
• Survey highlights: PC refresh, SaaS adoption – corporate PC refresh coming in 2H2010

 

[Credit:  Goldman Sachs IT Spending Survey]

For us SaaS lovers, please note:

Of total respondents:

• 24% are into SaaS
• 23% are agnostic
• 34% are not in favor of Saas
• 19% unwilling to consider Saas

Considering the fact that SaaS started with SMBs, and that SaaS applications started in the “edge” or were “shallow” in the organization, these are VERY encouraging statistics. “Core” SaaS apps such as accounting and billing are now ‘legit’

Cloudy today, shiny tomorrow.