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Aug 2020
18m 45s

Interview - Early signals of pandemic im...

INFO-TECH RESEARCH GROUP
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How has the pandemic affected IT spending? A couple of new surveys shed light on the matter. It looks like a good news / bad news situation. Today we'll talk through the findings from the Bank of America and the ISG Index, and what it means for your IT shop with Scott Bickley, a principal research director in cloud at Info-Tech Research Group. 

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