A new ChangeWave survey reveals a still soft corporate IT spending environment, although Research In Motion remains a very big exception as it continues to dominate the smartphone market.
Corporate Market: RIM s. Palm vs. Apple Future Smartphone Buyers
The May survey of 2,049 respondents involved with IT spending in their organization shows
highly upbeat results for the Canadian BlackBerry maker, with the company expanding its already vast lead (76%; up 3-pts) in the corporate smartphone market. Second-place Palm (PALM); 17% - down 1-pt) shows no signs of halting its long-term decline.
Looking ahead at 3rd Quarter planned corporate purchases, RIM has overwhelming momentum, with 82% of respondents buying smartphones next quarter saying they’ll purchase BlackBerries — a 5-pt jump since the previous survey in February.
“When you’re hot, you’re hot, and the latest results for RIM are scorching,” said Tobin Smith, founder of ChangeWave and editor of ChangeWave Investing. “If every product had such market dominance, it would be easy to pick the winners in each space,” added Smith.
There was also a solid move up for Apple (AAPL) and its iPhone (13%; up 2-pts), with the company now ranking second in terms of planned corporate purchases. However, Palm continues to languish going forward, with just 8% saying their company will purchase their smartphone devices.
(Detailed charts on corporate IT spending and smartphone trends, along with additional ChangeWave findings can be downloaded at changewave.com/corporate).