U.S. companies urged to spend IT budgets to survive 2021

U.S. businesses are being urged to ensure they have spent their entire technology budgets for 2020 and have 2021 spending plans planned out in detail if they want to continue trading into 2022.

The long-term warning was issued by NetworkTigers, a leading provider of critical new and refurbished network equipment based in San Mateo, CA, and serving all of North America.

“If ever there was a time for companies to have strategically spent their IT budgets, it’s now, as 2020 draws to a close,” explained NetworkTigers President and Founder Michael Syiek. “And as 2021 will undoubtedly present its own unique challenges, IT stakeholders at every level should ensure they know exactly what they need to buy in order to keep their companies operational. We all have to be agile and adapt to the realities in our industry. And CXOs need to fully grasp the importance of the decisions they make in the next few months as budgets are agreed and spent.”

In June 2020, NetworkTigers reported that in a normal year the usual flow of used equipment starts with the larger, more established firms which would pass on their hardware to the recyclers or network equipment suppliers, who would then supply small and mid-size firms, healthcare organizations and governmental agencies.

But 2020 was entirely different, explained Syiek, who noted that the prices on used equipment had been going up. “Large firms like to do a spring upgrade and to remove older data center equipment before the summer starts. This year we did not see the normal volume of upgrades. If the normal flow of data center equipment upgrades does not happen, then most used network equipment vendors will be selling from current stock. When those stocks are gone, and with the manufacturers having supply issues and disruptions, the prices will go even higher.”

The NetworkTigers deep dive “Are you ready for the great supply chain crash of 2020?” was one in a series of articles commissioned for the company’s news portal: https://news.networktigers.com/

Other articles in the series include: “Is COVID-19 the death knell for checks?,” “Reboxing counterfeiters deliver price war as they think inside the box” and “‘Hello! Please don’t hang up!’ Time to cut the line on robocallers.”

About NetworkTigers

NetworkTigers has more than two decades of experience working with business leaders who appreciate the importance of quality networking hardware and know they must keep on top of trends and developments in the industry if they are to remain leaders of their respective fields. We focus on providing high-quality data center equipment to Fortune 2000 firms, government agencies, schools, universities and health care organizations. Every day, NetworkTigers ships critical network switch parts including products related to gigabit networking, top of rack switching, campus switches, wireless access points, modular switches, ethernet switches and stackable switches.

See https://news.networktigers.com

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Contact Information

Michael Syiek

Founder/President

NetworkTigers, Inc.

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