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• Govts to keep spending on tech in Asia Pacific

  IT expenditure is expected to take a back seat amid the economic slowdown, but some analysts believe the public sector will be the biggest IT spender as governments, including Australia's, try to stimulate growth.

• 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?

• 2004: The year of controlled spending?

  Companies are predicting bigger IT budgets next year - but how much bigger and what technologies and trends will drive tech investment during the next 12 months?

• Report: Pockets opening for IT

  The information technology spending climate is looking sunnier, according to a report published Monday by investment firm Credit Suisse First Boston.

• Measuring ROI

  What drives you to upgrade your IT infrastructure or spend money on implementing the latest technology?

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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.

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• 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?

• 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.

• Here's what companies will buy in 2003

  Budgets may be tight but there's still some room for spending. CIOs and CTOs say they're choosier about what they buy--they're looking to save money and make disparate systems work together.

• Spending scrutiny can pay off

  Bean counters and CEOs are scrutinising IT spending more than ever these days, but that's not a bad thing for CIOs.

• 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.

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• 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.

• Avert your eyes! 4 Net filters reviewed

  Always a contentious topic, we look server-based Internet content filters and some of the reasons why your organisation might want one, or not.

• Worm out of virus management

  Antivirus management is complex, time consuming, and absolutely essential. Handing it over to a service provider could prove to be the easiestâ€"and safestâ€"option.

• At Intel, the chip with two brains

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

• 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.

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