• Government cuts tech spending by $300 million: report

  By Rebecca Merrett | 10 April, 2013 16:40

  The Australian government has cut spending on technology products and services by $300 million between 2010 and 2012, according to a new report from the Department of Finance and Deregulation.

• As CMOs grab IT budget from CIOs, cloud capex and opex shift

  By Bernard Golden | 29 January, 2013 13:00

  If analysts are correct, and the CMO eventually wrests control of the IT budget from the CIO, then spending on cloud computing will get a lot less predictable and a lot more complicated.

• 2013 IT outlook: Innovation trumps cost-cutting

  By Ann Bednarz | 02 January, 2013 12:04

  The economic recovery is moving at an unsteady pace, but the emphasis on cost-cutting that dominated IT agendas in recent years is sharing the spotlight with a more interesting imperative: innovation.

• Trustworthy systems, trustworthy vendors, and how to identify them

  By John Stewart, senior vice president and chief security officer, Cisco | 13 December, 2012 19:58

  It's sad but true that some of the world's best minds in computing have dedicated themselves to creating new ways to attack information technology infrastructures. The assaults have resulted in a significant cost factor in enterprise computing, influencing the purchasing decisions both for general-purpose processing, storage and networking products and for specialized security hardware, software and services.

• Big data to create 960K new IT jobs in APAC by 2015: Gartner

  By Hamish Barwick | 13 November, 2012 13:34

  As more enterprises invest in big data, 960,000 new IT jobs will be created in the Asia-Pacific region in the next three years, but only one-third of these big data roles will be filled due to a skills shortage, according to a Gartner analyst.

• Outsourcing: Crippling Mistakes IT Departments Make

  By Stephanie Overby | 25 January, 2010 06:15

  Researchers at the University of Tennessee have studied a variety of outsourcing deals-from IT and back-office work to manufacturing and logistics-and identified the most common mistakes organizations make when partnering with an external provider.

• Ten IT Talking Points Your CFO Will Love

  By Irwin Teodoro | 18 December, 2009 07:12

  I have nothing against CFOs. It's a tough position with a lot of pressures that can easily be misunderstood. That being said, it is the money people who generally stand in the way of engineers and technologists and the spending required to accomplish great things with IT.

• 7 Ways an Outsourcing Advisor Can Save You Money

  By Stephanie Overby | 26 November, 2009 10:50

  When it comes to the outsourcing process, going it alone is one way to cut costs. But working with an experienced outsourcing advisor may save you money during the procurement process and down the road.

• ERP Investments Still Top the List for Corporate IT Spending

  By Thomas Wailgum | 16 November, 2009 08:29

  Corporate IT budgets may have gotten slashed in 2009, but that apparently didn't stop companies from investing in their ERP software this year.

• IT spending will fall by 6 per cent in 2009 say Gartner

  By Siobhan Chapman | 10 July, 2009 00:04

  Worldwide IT spending is expected to decline by a further six percent this year, according to analyst firm Gartner.

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  2013 Global Information Security Survey: Initial findings

  The results of PwC’s annual Global Information Security Survey indicate that companies are confident in their efforts to secure systems, information, and privacy. Strategies and personnel are in place, they say, and processes and technology are humming along. The number of incidents reported seems manageable. Read more.