Economy freezing IT budgets, survey shows Archives Published: October 9, 2008 Reading time: Less than 1 min. FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Despite earlier plans to boost budgets in 2009, the recent economic crisis has many IT leaders tightening their belts and preparing for sparse spending in the coming months. (See a slideshow of what the economic rescue package could buy.) FacebookXWhatsAppLinkedinEmail Related articles UAE CIOs Face Rising Pressure As AI Performance Becomes Career Defining Metric Global Insights April 21, 2026 Microsoft Expands Windows 11 Taskbar With Third Party AI Agents Capable Of Acting Across Desktop Global Insights April 21, 2026 Cloudflare Introduces Agent Memory To Extend AI Context Beyond Token Limits Global Insights April 20, 2026 Anthropic Changes Enterprise Claude Pricing Model Removing Bundled Token Allowances Global Insights April 20, 2026