While IT executives can see the benefits of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach, minimal budgets and a lack of mature technology are holding back adoption, according to the research house.
Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, has pledged to eradicate the costs of the previous government's "haphazard and fragmented" IT spending, but one commentator has argued that the government needs to spend more to make more of its technology.
The global outlook for 2008 IT purchasing could be grimmer than previously believed due to the US economic difficulties.
Vendors' green initiatives are increasingly swaying buyers' decisions, according to the latest IDC survey.
The Web site of Global IT research firm IDC has been hacked by a group purporting to be Brazilian environmental terrorists to serve a message urging people to take action over global warming.
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An IDC survey says 85 percent of companies plan to increase or maintain their spending on IT spending this year, offering a glimmer of hope to the industry.
The falling cost of IT workers has resulted in changes in the attitudes of IT managers, who are bringing more staff in-house and are not particularly concerned about keeping them, according to IDC.
Software makers are moving toward subscription-based licensing, as changing demands from customers dictate a shift from the paradigm of a one-time sale with upgrades, a report says.
Intel today launched the vPro desktop platform in Australia and New Zealand, claiming the technology will reduce support costs, improve hardware security and make PCs easier to manage. However, newly found partner Apple has no plans to include vPro in its line of offerings.
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