It Spending
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India's schools to enjoy IT spending boost
News Educational institutes are set to double spending on IT from this year to 2012, particularly on new software and infrastructure purchases.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, IBM Corp., India, IT-spending, ERP, network, leader, network infrastructure, IT budgeting
Asian IT to emerge from financial crisis stronger
News Economic crunch will drive wealth, power and innovation transfer from West to East as multinationals see Asia as critical growth market, says Springboard Research.
Tags: Financial, Region, Asia, IT-spending, Asia-Pacific, research company, Emerging Market, information technology company, industry, information technology
Malaysia: Growth in IT spending to be negative?
News For first time in decade, IDC expects IT spend in country to shrink between 1.8 percent and 3 percent this year, but adds a recovery is likely as early as 2010.
Tags: Investments, Business Strategies & Functions, Business, IT-spending, International Data Corp., Small And Medium Business, Broadband, Malaysia, Government, Hardware
US$5B slashed from global financial services' IT spending
News As the banking sector continues to struggle in the harsh economy, IT budgets are starting to feel the heat.
Tags: Banking, Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Cost control, IT Budget, IT-spending, life insurance, Celent, job loss, financial service
Palm losing out as iPhone gains corporate fans
News Corporate IT spending is falling like the stock market, but Apple's share of the growing smartphone market is increasing among business customers, says ChangeWave.
Tags: Smart phones, BlackBerry, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., IT-spending, Palm Treo, Survey, Microsoft Windows Mobile
iSuppli cuts forecast for PC market growth
News Tanking economy is to blame, says industry analyst firm. Company had predicted shipments would rise 11.9 percent next year, but it now says it expects a rise of 4.3 percent.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Personal Computers, iSuppli Corp., PC Company, IT-spending, Computer, Circuit City Stores Inc., industry, principal analyst, industry analyst
Recession hits APAC server shipment
News Fourth-quarter Asia-Pacific server shipments dip 5.8 percent year-on-year, with emerging markets taking bigger hit, according to Gartner figures.
Tags: Servers, IT-spending, Hong Kong, Asia-Pacific, Gartner Inc., server revenue, Server, research analyst, Korea, recession
APAC to spend US$523B on tech in 2008
News The Asia-Pacific region will fork out almost US$523 billion this year on IT, growing at a rate that surpasses the United States and Western Europe, finds Gartner study.
Tags: Business applications, Servers, Storage, Earning reports/forecasts, Business, Mobile, IT Services, Telecommunications, IT-spending, Gartner Inc.
10 ways to effectively estimate and control project costs
Techguide Estimating what a project will cost is only half the battle; controlling those costs during the project and after delivery is equally critical.
Tags: IT project management, Project management, Cost control, Baseline Cost, Business Unit, Information Technology, Benchmarking Exercise, Project, IT-spending, Cost
Seven (nasty) truths about IT spending
Techguide An article discusses harsh realities associated with out-of-control IT costs. While cost containment is integral to reducing failed IT projects, Draconian inflexibility is not the way to go.
Tags: IT project management, Cost control, IT budgeting, IT-spending, help desk, Harvard Business Review, Michael Krigsman, CIO, CEO, project failure
IT: Set your sights high
Insight perspective In a depressed economic climate, IT should raise its sights and help the business generate revenue, says analyst.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, IT Budget, CRM, IT-spending, Sales, software, marketing, revenue
Hope for IT spending ahead
Insight perspective Just because we're in a recession doesn't mean all IT spending is on hold. Expect some innovative projects and financing over coming months, says consultant.
Tags: IT budgeting, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, Investments, Investment, IT-spending, Workforce, financing, Tony Lock, Freeform
APAC SMBs to keep spending on IT
News update Symantec survey reveals 84 percent of small and midsize businesses in Asia-Pacific region intend to increase or maintain their level of IT spend.
Tags: PC security, Network security, IT budgeting, SMB, Disaster Recovery, Security, IT Budget, IT-spending, IT Security, Survey
S'pore govt to further adopt cloud, green IT
News Stimulus spending will spur their adoption by country's public sector, as nation focuses on ICT as key part of its economic recovery plan, says analyst.
Tags: Cloud computing, Green IT, IT budgeting, Stimulus, IT-spending, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Broadband, Cloud computing, public sector
Gartner: 'Speak the CFO's language'
News With the economic situation forcing IT budgets to get cut, an IBM finance director and Gartner analyst offer tips to CIOs on how to get projects approved.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, IBM Corp., CFO, Project, IT-spending, Gartner Inc., CIO, analyst, finance
