By Millie Turner The IT industry is “recession-proof”, according to a top analyst at market research giant Gartner, despite economic downturns pushing businesses to trim costs. Global spending on IT, which includes software, devices, communications services and data centres, is forecast to total $4.6 trillion in 2023 – a jump of more than five per cent in comparison with this year, Gartner’s research found. “Enterprise IT spending is recession-proof as CEOs and CFOs, rather than cutting IT budgets, are increasing spending on digital business initiatives,” top analyst John Lovelock said. “Econo…