IT spending heads past $6 trillion. What should a mid-sized company actually buy?
Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending of $6.15 trillion in 2026, with software growing 14.7%. Most of the growth is AI infrastructure. For mid-sized firms, the best returns still come from getting the core systems right.
Corex® Team
On 3 February 2026, Gartner forecast that worldwide IT spending will reach $6.15 trillion in 2026, growth of 10.8%. Software spending is expected to grow 14.7%, and spending on generative-AI models more than 80%. Data-centre systems are the fastest-growing segment as hyperscalers build out AI capacity.
Most of that money is being spent by a few very large buyers. For a company with 50 to 1,000 employees, the question is different: which investments actually change how the business runs?
Where mid-sized companies get the best return
- One integrated core. Sales, purchasing, inventory, accounting and HR on one system removes re-keying, reconciliation and month-end surprises.
- Workflow automation. Approvals, reminders, document generation and notifications are cheap to automate once the data is in one place.
- Reporting people trust. Management dashboards are only useful when every number comes from the same source.
- AI where it is grounded. Assistants that answer from your own ERP data are far more useful than generic chat tools.
What to avoid
- Buying more licences than you deploy (“shelfware”).
- Stacking disconnected SaaS tools that each own a fragment of the customer.
- Customising a generic system so heavily that every upgrade breaks it.
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