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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="contentboxhead3" colspan="2" style="padding-bottom: 10px;" align="left">Pain points</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-right: 10px;" valign="top" width="300">Image: http://infotech.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?photoid=4350489 </td> <td valign="top" width="410"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="more">Image: http://infotech.indiatimes.com/photo.cms?msid=1784493 Mail to friend</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="normtxt" colspan="2" style="padding-top: 7px;" valign="top" width="100%" height="250">IT organisations worldwide are being asked to trim budgets, and consumers are cutting back on discretionary spending.
Consumers and businesses will continue switching to lower-cost products, extending the life of existing devices and extending their current contracts and purchasing agreements.
Although government stimulus packages will likely be important in the long term, they will not be able to offset this bleak near-term outlook. </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
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