Telstra has confirmed it's on track to complete the first phase of its technology overhaul by the end of June, and revealed the transformation has caused a AU$328 million spike in IT costs for the last six months of 2007.
Spending on security software across Europe will top 2.4 billion euros this year, with antivirus continuing to form the largest slice of the pie.
The Australian healthcare industry has for a decade been loathe to get its wallet out when it comes to technology, analysts have revealed.
Total operating expenditure by the New Zealand Government on information and communication technology was AU$985.57 million (NZ$1.1 billion) and capital expenditure AU$537.59 million (NZ$600 million) in the 2006 financial year.
Proprietary companies waste too much money on promoting their wares rather than focusing their resources on developing better products, a group of open source companies agreed last week.
The ever-decreasing cost of storage might look like a useful development for the cash-strapped IT manager, but in fact the falling bucks per gigabyte figure can carry a hidden sting in the tail.
The next time you're buying antivirus software, don't go direct to Symantec or McAfee. Don't download free antivirus. And definitely don't see Harvey Norman. Ask your bank they're quite literally giving the stuff away.
New storage technology can be frankly pornographic: it's big, it's sexy and you want it slammed into your rack right now but is a long term relationship more satisfying?
At the CeBIT exhibition in Germany this week, Steve Ballmer got on stage and told the world that Microsoft takes "green" issues seriously.
Friends, industry watchers, readers; I come not to bag Telstra, but to praise it. The evil that telcos do often lives on after their Investors Days, while the good is often lost during interminable speeches.
Forty-one percent of Australasian CIOs will increase their IT spending in 2004 with new infrastructure their top priority. But dampening the good spending news is CIOs' resolve to fight vendors for every cent spent, according to a new survey by Forrester Research.
Although many companies spent less on technology this year than originally budgeted, spending could increase modestly next year, according to a new survey from Morgan Stanley.
Australian businesses are struggling to come up with innovative ways to deal with budgetary constraints, yet still fund the IT infrastructure they need.
It's becoming harder to meet expansion plans when the money pot continues to dry but IT manager Neil Lappage shares some tips on how you can continue spending despite a financial crunch.
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.
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