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• Enterprise software spend to rebound in 2010: Gartner

  Gartner is tipping a bullish 8.2 per cent growth in Australian enterprise software expenditure next year, up from the 5.4 per cent growth rate of 2009.

• IT spending to pick up mid-2010

  The impact of the National Broadband Network (NBN) on IT spending remains uncertain, but it holds amazing potential for technologies such as telepresence, say IDC analysts.

• Cloud computing, security to drive US gov't IT spending

  U.S. government IT spending is projected to grow to US$90 billion in 2014, up from $76 billion in 2009, with cloud computing and cybersecurity being high-growth areas, according to Input, an analysis and consulting firm focused on government contracting.

• Government stimulus made little impact on IT spending: Gartner

  Any stimulus by the Rudd Government has had little impact on IT spending in Australian markets, according to new research by Gartner.

• Signs of IT spending recovery emerge in surveys

  IT buyers say they plan to increase their investments in technology before the end of 2009, recent survey results show, as a noteworthy number of high-tech decision makers revealed they expect in the next six months to put more budget dollars into IT.

• Gartner: IT spending will strengthen in 2009

  IT spending in infrastructure and operations projects across Australia are expected to remain strong in 2009, despite the expected global spending downturn, according to new research by Gartner.

• Forrester now says '09 US IT spend to drop 3.1 percent

  Forrester Research is now predicting that U.S. IT spending will drop by 3.1 percent this year, shattering its previous projection of a 1.6 percent increase.

• Gartner: IT spending drop-off worse than after dot.com bust

  Global IT spending is expected to decline nearly 4% in 2009 over the previous year as industry watchers confirm the current recession will see more losses than the dot-com bust in 2001, Gartner reports.

• Today's IT spending survey laced with a little hope

  Wouldn't it be nice to read about an IT spending study that boasted good news? TNS Global on Tuesday published a report that it claims brings some reason to hope: A small percentage of IT shops are projecting increased spending, and some technologies will likely continue growing.

• Survey: Data storage to see increased spending in '09

  The results of a survey of about 450 technology professionals released Wednesday found that of 26 technology categories, data storage was the only technology for which spending would increase this year.

• Forrester forecasts decline in global IT spending

  Global spending on IT products and services will drop by 3 percent in 2009 to US$1.66 trillion when measured in U.S. dollars, but subsequently rebound by 9 percent in 2010, according to a Forrester Research study released Tuesday.

• Corporate IT budgets evaporating, report says

  US corporate IT spending will plummet 10 to 20 percent in 2009, according to the latest projections from Citi Investment Research, which is reporting a "rapid deterioration" of CIO budgets in recent weeks.

• Gartner lowers worldwide software spending forecast

  Gartner has lowered its worldwide enterprise software spending forecast, citing "a combination of economic, technical and regional forces."

• Forrester slashes IT spending forecast as recession deepens

  The economic downturn has led to a sharp reduction in forecasts of IT spending. Forrester Research, after predicting 6.1 percent growth in US purchases of IT goods and services as recently as August, now says that spending growth in 2009 will be just 1.6 percent.

• 'Disruptive' tech will drive 2009 spending: IDC

  Despite the IT spending cutbacks brought on by the global recession, the gloomy economy will actually accelerate the adoption of transformative technologies, according to research firm IDC.