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• DSTO's budget trimmed to fill defence 'black holes'

  The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) budget was cut back five percent by the Treasurer Budget day; that money has been earmarked for filling defence funding "black holes".

• Australian firms spend less, feel less secure

  Analyst group Gartner claims that almost three quarters of American companies feel safer than they were a year ago but only 22 percent of Australian firms feel the same way.

• Bush budget boosts surveillance, security spending

  President Bush on Monday presented Congress with a US$2.6 trillion budget for the federal government that would modestly reduce some social programs while boosting overall spending on information and surveillance technology.

• Survey: Security budgets on the rise

  A report has found that more than half the companies surveyed had increased their information-security budget in the past year.

• 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?

Blogs (2)

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  Telco revenues: part two

  Great to see so many constructive comments on here definitely a case of the facts speaking for themselves.

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  Keeping the costs of storage down

  Some future trends in storage are obvious: we'll need more of it, it'll be cheaper per megabyte, and a lot of it will be virtualised.

Features and Case Studies (119)

• Survey: Security budgets on the rise

  A report has found that more than half the companies surveyed had increased their information-security budget in the past year.

• 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?

• CIOs: ROI software to the rescue

  With every potential information technology purchase now under intense scrutiny, a few software vendors are working to help CIOs look before they leap into big expenses.

• Is it boom time for IT security?

  Recent reports indicate that the IT security market is making huge gains in spending. Another study suggests that open source has no economic advantages over proprietary software in terms of security. See what all of this could mean for IT pros.

• 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.

Reviews (18)

• Contact management packages reviewed

  We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

• Microsoft wants to lead technology march

  Commentary: Bill Gates is beating the drum for tablets, Smart Display, and Web services - purchased with his US$5bn research budget. The question is: do we want to follow, and can we afford to?

• Lose the wires, keep the security: 6 wireless access points tested

  Until recently, it's been difficult to use the words "secure" and "wireless" in the same sentence. Recent developments mean that's no longer the case. We look at six different options.

• At Intel, the chip with two brains

  There's more than one way to build a multichip microprocessor, according to Intel.

• Tech Guide: Handhelds for your business

  Pondering a PDA purchase? Peruse our guide to purchasing the right PDA for your business.

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