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IT spending still on hold in UK
Blog The forecast expects a fall in overall spending on IT services and software of 1.5 per cent this year, compared with last year, and identifies where organisations are making the deepest cuts. Find out more on which sectors are suffering from the...
[August 12, 2009, 11:51]
Study: IT spending to slow
News Large companies will scale back their IT spending as the new year begins and the economy shows signs of waning, according to a new study. Since August, the robust IT industry has grown weaker due to a slowdown in demand for PCs and other high-tech...
[December 21, 2000, 11:40]
IT spending plans are cut after Q1
News In a report released on Tuesday, the research firm predicted that US technology spending will grow just 1.3 percent in 2003, down from the 1.9 percent it forecast in a similar March survey of executives.
[June 4, 2003, 10:47]
IT spending: What the analysts think
News One of the favourite activities of leading IT analyst firms is to research and prognosticate on IT spending. Aberdeen: Recovery in IT spending Aberdeen also speculates that "long-term IT spending will increase at an annual rate of between 4 and 6...
[October 6, 2003, 15:00]
IT offshoring spending set to grow
News The report, based on a December survey of 50 US-based chief information officers, also found that spending on offshore IT services represents a small but growing chunk of budgets allocated to IT services.
[January 7, 2005, 8:15]
Spending watchdog attacks Government's record on IT
News If one lesson stands out from the work of the PAC over the years, it is that government departments are masters at spending public money but often far less proficient at ensuring that this translates into better public services.
[February 17, 2006, 13:55]
IT spending outlook 'extremely volatile'
News It notes while hardware spending is expected to post a slight decline of 0.5 percent this year, the software sector is likely to grow 4.5 percent and services 3.7 percent. IDC is anticipating IT spending to grow 4 to 6 percent next year and the...
[April 4, 2003, 14:52]
IT spending: Where does it go from here?
News Technology spending is on the rise--with the general pattern pointing towards increased investment in security, CRM and ecommerce software. Forty-one percent of companies surveyed said they expect spending to increase over the coming year, while 44...
[October 24, 2002, 14:48]
IT spending soars in financial sector
News The finance sector is the UK's top industry sector for IT spending, as it buys the most products and services and also employs the most IT staff. The average finance company is spending £9,864 for every employee on IT, with one IT staffer employed...
[November 6, 2006, 12:59]
IT spending still growing slowly
News According to analysts IDC, the main obstacle to new IT spending is this growing culture of "good-enough" computing, with business leaders deciding that their existing technology can support the business and that new technology is unnecessary.
[April 7, 2005, 17:55]
Forrester Research reduces IT-spending forecast
News Forrester Research's current 2009 estimate, released on Tuesday, is down from its previous forecast of 6.1 percent growth, which was issued prior to the steep drop in IT spending at the close of the third quarter.
[December 10, 2008, 6:30]
Using a Network Monitoring System to Optimize IT Spending Decisions: Linking IT Assets to Business Processes and Performance
White Papers With IT budgets becoming such a sizeable portion of overall corporate spending, it is crucial that business leaders base their IT spending decisions on comprehensive, meaningful systems performance data.
[March 4, 2008, 0:02]
OFT to shake up government IT spending
News In what could lead to a wide-ranging shake-up of government purchasing processes, the Office of Fair Trading has launched an economic analysis of government procurement and the affects it has on competition and innovation.
[February 6, 2004, 16:55]
Merrill forecasts IT spending growth in 2002
News The projected 3 percent growth target for 2002 is an improvement over 2001's 1 percent decline in IT spending, but it is still only an initial forecast. At the outset of 2001, Merrill's survey indicated that chief information officers expected IT...
[January 2, 2002, 15:05]
Corporates slash IT spending plans
News Corporates are downgrading their IT spending plans for 2007, largely driven by cautious forecasts for the global economy. Media, pharmaceutical and healthcare companies are planning to increase their spending on IT next year by an average of 6.9...
[December 15, 2006, 11:16]
Analyst firm cuts IT-spending outlook for 2009
News Cisco, Nortel, Dell and others have already indicated that they've seen or expect to see IT spending drop. The firm said it expects IT spending to make "a full recovery" and reach six percent growth by 2012.
[November 13, 2008, 14:06]
Global IT spending to fall by 10pc
News Worldwide spending on IT could drop by 10 percent this year, according to analysts. The figure, from Forrester, is a drastic increase to the researcher's earlier prediction that worldwide IT spending in 2009 would fall by around three percent year...
[July 1, 2009, 9:26]
Companies express IT-spending optimism
News An IDC survey this month of at least 400 business and technology executives in the US found the leaders expecting IT spending growth of 12.9 percent over the next 12 months. IDC is forecasting US IT spending growth of 5 percent for this year, to...
[August 25, 2004, 9:30]
Hitachi: New growth cycle will accelerate IT spending
News Having learnt from the excesses of the 1990s, companies will balance investment in cutting-edge technology with minimising risk by working with established suppliers that provide breadth and longevity," Furukawa predicted, adding that IT companies...
[January 29, 2004, 14:55]
Security tops IT spending in Asia
News Security software and services have drawn investments from more than half of the region's IT managers last year, cementing its position at the helm of regional IT priorities. While security was the hottest item on Asia's IT shopping list last year...
[January 21, 2003, 11:12]
