There was a sharp decline in US dollar IT spending in 2016 as a result of recession and a weaker peso that reduced the affordability of imports. The hardware sector was exhibiting a negative US dollar trend prior to 2016, and only recorded modest growth in 2017 with more supportive economic conditions because of shifting usage patterns. Technology trends supported software and services spending growth outperformance, such as the acceleration in cloud adoption after investments in supporting infrastructure such as networks and datacentre capacity during the review period.

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