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Spending outlook brightens slightly
News In a happy sign for technology companies, Forrester Research on Monday said it raised its forecast for US information technology spending growth in 2004 from 4 percent to 5 percent. We now expect US IT spending in 2004 to reach $776bn (£425bn), and...
[March 30, 2004, 12:45]
Spending watchdog attacks Government's record on IT
News His findings were published in July 2004, and based on these results the Government announced an efficiency programme from April 2005 to cut spending by the £21.5bn target. If one lesson stands out from the work of the PAC over the years, it is...
[February 17, 2006, 13:55]
E-commerce spending hits new high
News World online spending for 2000 reached $56bn (about £38bn) according to a new study, with consumer online spending growing by nearly half. The study, released Tuesday by research firm ActivMedia, noted that online spending for the Christmas season...
[January 4, 2001, 9:20]
Compliance demands drive security spending
News A poll of corporate executives published on Monday found that companies are increasing spending on security to satisfy legislation -- not necessarily because their chief executive have seen the light.
[September 30, 2003, 11:45]
UK online spending up 50 percent
News APACS's The Way We Pay report found that last year, online spending increased to £200m. Although this is still a fraction of overall spending, the figure is expected to grow over the coming years as Internet security improves and users gain...
[July 8, 2004, 13:35]
Gov't boosts spending on web monitoring
News It had a strong momentum under the ATCSA until last year, when spending in the sector fell from £5.7m to £3.6m; but over the past two years there has been a strong growth in spending on the EUDRD, from zero to £6.6m.
[July 13, 2009, 9:33]
B-to-B Marketing in 2009: Trends in Strategies and Spending
White Papers The much anticipated 2009 edition of the MarketingProfs B2B Trends in Strategies and Spending Report is out! Want to know how your peers are allocating their marketing budget, which strategies are working and which tactics are performing best?
[July 2, 2009, 15:29]
US tech spending on the up
News Nearly 45 percent of chief information officers told Forrester Research that IT spending at their companies will exceed this year's budget, or that they expect to find new sources of funding. Technology managers in North America are showing a...
[March 15, 2005, 8:05]
UK dot-com ad spending down
News Advertising spending by UK dot-com companies has fallen for the first time in years according to figures to be released by media monitoring firm ACNielsen MMS next week. The drop is part of an overall decline in UK advertising spending, evidence...
[January 11, 2001, 12:13]
Forrester sees IT spending growth ahead
News A report released on Monday by Forrester Research says business leaders are expecting to increase their IT spending by 7 percent in 2005. Forrester indicated, however, that companies may well increase their IT spending to an even larger extent, as...
[December 21, 2004, 11:40]
IDC forecasts software spending growth
News However, a survey of 50 North American information technology executives by Merrill Lynch has found mixed results on software spending in 2005. The financial consultancy expects spending to be up in the "mid-single-digit range" during the year.
[November 8, 2004, 7:58]
SME tech spending to surge this year
News IT spending by SMEs in China and India is expected to hit record levels this year. Adopting technology such as PCs and internet access will be more rapid in China and India compared with other countries, and will set the stage for even greater...
[February 2, 2007, 9:42]
Gov't departments hike spending on IT upgrades
News Four Whitehall departments significantly increased their spending on IT upgrades in the 2007-08 financial year. The Department for Transport and its agencies increased spending by 48 percent, from £29.7m to £43.9m in 2007-08.
[November 3, 2008, 8:35]
Gartner forecasts growth in IT spending for 2008
News Worldwide IT spending should top $3.4tn (£1.8tn) in 2008, up eight percent from 2007, research firm Gartner has predicted. When adjusted for currency issues, worldwide spending is predicted to grow only 4.5 percent.
[August 19, 2008, 10:40]
Forrester Research reduces IT-spending forecast
News Growth in information technology spending next year is expected to reach 1.6 percent in the US, a substantial drop from previous forecasts. Forrester Research's current 2009 estimate, released on Tuesday, is down from its previous forecast of 6.1...
[December 10, 2008, 6:30]
CRM spending to weather uncertain economy
News Despite rocky times in the financial markets, spending on CRM software is expected to remain buoyant over the year ahead as organisations attempt to retain existing customers and find ways to sell them more goods and services.
[February 14, 2008, 7:38]
Public sector IT spending climb to continue
News Government spending on technology will continue to grow for at least the next four years, with local authority spending outpacing that of central government. Government IT spending will grow at an average 5.3 percent until 2009, compared with 4.5...
[August 3, 2005, 16:50]
Bush beefs up cybercrime spending
News Bush has proposed a $2.4tn (£1.32tn) federal budget that boosts spending on information technology and on computer crime investigation. The record budget request for the 2005 fiscal year, which begins on 1 October, 2004, asks Congress to ignore a...
[February 3, 2004, 9:10]
Executives predict growth in IT spending
News Information technology budgets should grow by 2 percent in 2004, with programmes devoted to enterprise resource planning and supply chain management increasing their share of the software spending pie, a new report says.
[September 3, 2003, 8:30]
CIOs tip more spending
News The information technology spending climate is looking sunnier, according to a report published on Monday by investment firm Credit Suisse First Boston. The survey depicts a favourable capital-spending trend on technology infrastructure as we enter...
[October 14, 2003, 9:50]
