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• Aust and Kiwi CIOs bank on higher budgets

  Australian and New Zealand chief information officers (CIOs) expect IT budgets to increase by 3.6 percent in 2005, higher than last year's 1.2 percent and well above the 2005 global average of 2.5 percent, according to Gartner.

• One in three IT projects exceed budget

  A third of IT projects carried out in the private sector runs between 10 and 20 percent over the original budget, according to a CIO survey.

• Australian ICT industry worth $123 billion

  Australia's ICT industry for the year to 30 June 2007 made $123 billion and employed just under 300,000 people, paying $21 billion in wages, according to numbers released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

• Security spend triples, breaches fall 30 percent

  A UK government-sponsored security survey reports that security breaches have fallen by a third in the past two years but spending on security has increased significantly.

• Forrester: IT budgets to jump 7 percent in '05

  A report released Monday by Forrester Research says business leaders are expecting to increase their IT spending by 7 percent in 2005.

Blogs (1)

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  Mission-critical now a meaningless phrase

  If you think two-thirds of your IT is mission-critical, you're either running an incredibly lean and efficient operation or you haven't got a clue how many applications you have and which ones you need to manage.

Features and Case Studies (67)

• CIOs: Integration is in, CRM is out

  A survey of chief information officers has found that while IT departments are investing in new software, they are wary of CRM packages.

• Survey: CIOs not sold on Cisco storage

  Networking giant Cisco Systems' new ventures in the storage market have piqued the interest of IT buyers, but the company may have to "earn its stripes," according to a new survey.

• Study: IT budgets 'anemic'

  IT budgets will increase a mere 2.7 percent over the next six to 12 months, according to a recent survey of CIOs and other IT purchasing executives.

• Survey finds little sign of IT rebound

  Information technology spending has stabilised at the start of 2003, but talk of general improvement for the rest of the year is premature, according to a new survey.

• CIOs: planning for 2003?

  More staff and greater bandwidth were among the requests on the Christmas wish lists of respondents to a recent IT Manager poll. But how are Australia's IT pros gearing up to turn dreams into reality in 2003?

Reviews (8)

• Five network maintenance tools tested

  With the right packet sniffers you can truly lead the dog's life. What's most impressive is network monitoring devices will help you see problems immediately. These tools can aid in analysis, migration, monitoring, security, testing, and administration of the network.

• Networking for smarts

  In this product review, we look at tools that can monitor network performance.

• Surrendering security

  Would you put the security of your company into someone else's hands? ZDNet Australia finds out what benefits and peace of mind a managed service can provide.

• Making e-mail manageable: Four applications tested

  If you've got so much e-mail you don't know how you'll cope, have we got the software for you!

• Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

  Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

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