Gartner said it surveyed 323 IT managers in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, India, and Australia, as part of a worldwide survey of 982 respondents, to help business and IT managers compare their enterprise IT spending with peer organisations. Respondents were asked whether they expected their 2010 IT budget to be below, the same or exceed their IT budget for 2009.

Plans to use SaaS in the future are the highest in Hong Kong, followed by India and China -- a good mix of both mature and developed countries, said Gartner. However, SaaS spending continues to be fragmented within Asia Pacific, with variation by country, vertical and software segments, the analyst firm added.