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So Goldman Sachs says IT spending growth will slow from 7 per cent to 5 per cent.

Disabled people have so far lost out on many of the benefits that technology has brought. But changes are on the way

It may sound like the preview for an end-of-the-world B movie, but the fears of an impending global war for talent are based on very real factors. The converging forces of aging workers and retiring baby boomers, the tech savvy Millennial Generation's foray into employment, females exiting the workforce, and shortages of skilled workers will soon produce a labor shortage the likes of which the industrialized world has never experienced.

Google and American Blind & Wallpaper Factory have settled their lawsuit over whether the search service tramples American Blind's trademarks when it sells ads that pop up after Internet users search for terms such as "American blinds" and "American wallpaper."

IT executives in the next 12 months will be focusing their budget dollars on projects such as server consolidation and network upgrades, as previously high priorities such as security, risk management and compliance fall off their Top 10 lists.

Every decade or so, a new platform emerges that reduces the cost of running an IT department to such an extent that vendors have no choice but to embrace it or die. In the 1990s, PCs with powerful operating systems spelled the end of mainframe development and ushered in the client/server era. Today, cheap servers and high-speed Internet connections are triggering a move away from traditional desktop PC software and to software as a service, hosted by a third party and delivered over the Internet.

As top investment banks have discovered, giving away software tools to key customers and suppliers can save both of you lots of time and money

A consortium of Victorian businesses supplying services and technology based on free and open source software are looking to further push the cause of open computing within government agencies and corporate enterprises.

A generous and growing IT budget? In fact it is a rare organisation over the past couple of years that has had the luxury of having loads of cash to pour into IT. For most, belt-tightening has been the order of the day, and predictions for this year remain just as gloomy.

Collaboration among trading partners can unlock great value. Mistrust is the barrier. Here are six ways to build confidence.

It's been a brutal couple of years. Terrorism, preparations for war, a clampdown on IT spending, corporate scandal and malfeasance - it's left us shell-shocked, hoping that whatever comes next has got to be better. We think it will be.