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• Businesses will blow IT budgets this year: Gartner

  After low year-end spending in 2003, businesses are likely to spend more on information technology than the amount they have budgeted for 2004, according to market research firm Gartner.

• IT consultants: barometer of IT spending?

  Is it possible that consulting services would be among the first to see spending as confidence returns among business leaders?

• IT budgets to grow by 2.5 percent in 2005: Gartner

  Chief information officers (CIOs) are expecting IT budgets to increase by 2.5 percent in 2005 and will be shifting their focus on supporting business growth and results, according to a survey by Gartner Executive Programs (EXP).

• 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.

• Cisco chief says IT spending will rise

  Cisco Systems chief executive John Chambers on Wednesday gave an upbeat assessment of information technology spending next year, saying Cisco customers are "beginning to get their foot off the brake."

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• Fact: Heavy IT spend equals bigger profits

  Companies that spend above the average amount on IT can make up to 36 per cent more profit than their techno-phobic competitors, according to the latest research.

• IT consultants: barometer of IT spending?

  Is it possible that consulting services would be among the first to see spending as confidence returns among business leaders?

• CIOs: what do you spend on software?

  When to upgrade software, and which packages to opt for aren't new decisions for Australia's CIOs. But with budgets shrinking, how are senior IT professionals coping with these decisions?

• Corporate chiropractics

  We have all heard the phrase "IT needs to align with the business" but what does it actually mean, and how are businesses achieving it?

• Stop buying IT you don't need

  'Rightsizing' need not be ominous management-speak for losing your job. Here's how to make sure your IT infrastructure is the right size for the job.

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