Collaboration Spending on Rise, but Execs Still Wary

In the wake of the recession, IT organizations are finding that interest in collaboration tools is now especially high. End users are looking to IT for tools that will help them increase productivity across what in many cases are sharply reduced workforces.

At the same time, a study of 538 C-level executives conducted by Kelton Research on behalf of the IT services firm Avanade finds that there is a distrust of collaboration tools among some executive in terms of the amount of time that can be potentially wasted versus gained using these tools. You can read our Mike Vizard’s full take on the survey here.

In either event, spending on collaboration tools appears to be headed up as IT organizations and end users alike experiment with the host of new collaboration and communications technologies that have become available over the last two years.

Click through to see findings from a recent survey by Kelton Research and IT services firm Avanade.

As the economy improves, IT priorities start to change.

In the wake of the recession, customers are looking for new IT approaches.

Significant increases in spending are planned in these areas in the coming year.

Traditional collaboration tools still dominate.

Too easy to call for help to find an answer.

Many executives think these tools waste more time than they save.