[Report] Gartner®: Top Projects for 2027 to Manage the IT Hardware Pricing Crisis

Hardware prices aren’t coming down. Is every device reaching its full lifespan?

Rising component costs are reshaping how IT buys, maintains, and retires hardware, and elevated pricing isn’t going away anytime soon. For infrastructure and operations leaders, this isn’t just a procurement problem; it’s a shift from broad cost-cutting to getting the full useful life out of every asset they own.

Read the Gartner® report, “Top Projects for 2027 to Manage the IT Hardware Pricing Crisis”, to see how the strategic projects below will help optimize infrastructure costs and prepare for market disruptions.

Why It Matters: From Following a Schedule to Analyzing the Data

For years, PC refresh followed the calendar. Now, device data can determine when it’s actually time to replace a device.

• Digital Employee Experience (DEX) tools provide the signals: Device health and employee sentiment insights show how each endpoint is really performing.
• Data drives the decision: IT can target replacements to failing devices instead of entire cohorts, and match configurations to how people actually work.
• Lifespan delivers the savings: Every device used to its full useful life is a purchase deferred.

As prices stay high, big-bang refreshes and one-size-fits-all specs are harder to justify. A data-driven approach spreads spending out over time while protecting the employee experience.

Wir sind der Meinung, dass Sie aus diesem Bericht Folgendes lernen werden:

• The Market Reality: Why hardware pricing is expected to remain elevated through 2027, and what’s driving it.
• The Data-Driven Refresh: How DEX tools and endpoint analytics help extend device lifespan without compromising employee experience.
• Getting More From What You Own: How reclaiming dormant devices, decommissioning idle servers and VMs, and extending server lifespans can unlock capacity without new hardware purchases.
• Spending Smarter: How to rightsize PC configurations, audit contracts and warranties, and act on cloud rightsizing recommendations, all without sacrificing TCO.

The hardware budget crisis is already impacting your forecast. Get the insights you need to make every device count through 2027 and beyond.