/learn/publications/b/blog/posts/world-it-spending-set-to-rise-in-2012-says-gartnerWorldwide IT spending will reach $3.8 trillion this year, a 3.7 percent increase from 2011. That is according to Gartner, the internationally-renowned research firm, which said that IT spending struck $3.7 trillion in 2011, up 6.9 percent from 2010 len-USTelligent Community 12