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Measuring ROI

What drives you to upgrade your IT infrastructure or spend money on implementing the latest technology?
Tech exec rallying cry is cautious

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.
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.
Tanner promises to lead Razor Gang in IT carve-up

Federal Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, has pledged to eradicate the costs of the previous government's "haphazard and fragmented" IT spending, but one commentator has argued that the government needs to spend more to make more of its technology.
AU$49 billion man recruited by Tanner's Razor Gang

Sir Peter Gershon, the procurement expert responsible for slashing 23 billion (AU$49 billion) from the UK government's budget through ICT efficiency reviews has been recruited by Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner for the Federal government's budget Razor Gang.

US shows what OPEL could have been

Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
How Seven blew the internet Olympics

If there ever was an opportunity for a broadcaster to showcase the potential of internet video, this was it, and Seven has blown it. Perhaps its executives should have rung their mates at NBC in the US and gotten some pointers on online coverage.
Apple has killed the video store; will ISPs be next?

The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
Omnidrive: Alive and kicking?

Troubled online storage start-up Omnidrive late last week said it was continuing to develop its products and was examining the potential to merge its technology with that of other companies.
Sex, drugs, pain and storage

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?

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.
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.
Study: War could crimp IT spending

The war in Iraq is giving chief information officers pause about IT spending, according to a survey by investment bank Merrill Lynch.
Tech spending could rise in 2003

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.
IT will spend on security, but not services

A survey of IT decision makers has revealed their spending priorities for 2003 focus heavily on security and VPNs.

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Millennium Hotels: Eli Salant, vice president of IT

Millennium's New Zealand-based vice president for IT, Eli Salant, reveals how he's convinced board members to spend on technology instead of refurbishments, achieving savings of nearly US$800,000 a year with Voice over IP.

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.
Your friendly local monopolist

Does that annoying Intel noise we keep hearing on TV signify something more sinister than just an irritating jingle?
Age has not wearied them

Despite the endless pressure to install the latest and greatest, many of the core technologies which are in use in the modern enterprise have been around for decades, if not centuries.
Making the upgrade

You've got a lot invested in that current infrastructure, but there are those who are telling you it's time to upgrade. When is really the right time?
A lesson in logic

Fundamentalists are people who can't tolerate the idea that there are legitimate points of view other than their own. Publish something negative about Linux, and you'll soon find out what I mean.

Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.
Google should come clean on datacentres
It's nice that Google says it has put an effort into making its datacentres more energy efficient, but the search giant's pledges won't mean much until it discloses just how many of the beasties it's actually running.
US shows what OPEL could have been
Sprint's WiMAX roll-out in Baltimore will prove the Australian government's decision to worm its way out of the Opel WiMAX contract was a short-sighted, and ultimately damaging, political stunt that has benefited nobody.
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