IT recovery on globally: Forrester

Forrester Research said Thursday that the fourth quarter marks a turning point worldwide,setting the stage for growth in 2010.

Forrester expects the U.S. information technology market to grow by 8.4 percent this year to 550 billion. The worldwide tech market,meanwhile,will grow by 7.7 percent to 1.6 trillion.

Analyst Andrew Bartels says the shape of this year8217;s recovery is generally the same as Forrester8217;s January forecast. The U.S. outlook is slightly better,and the global forecast is a little lower,hurt by the Greek financial crisis that weakened the euro and strengthened the dollar.