It's that time of the year again! I don't mean the holidays unfortunately. I'd like to say that my mind has been busy with holiday planning but I have been otherwise occupied with bank IT spending. I've spent the last little while working on our global IT spending reports for 2011 along with my colleagues across the globe. I've also been busy preparing our 2011 North America bank IT spending report. The question everyone is asking - will 2011 mark the start of a turnaround? I would love to give you the answer now but you will have to sit tight until January as that's when both these reports (along with our top trends for 2011 reports) will be released. I will provide a holiday teaser though - preliminary results for North American banking are pretty encouraging. Stay tuned and happy holidays!