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More Good News on IT Spending

At the risk of sounding like a broken record (or a skipping CD), there's good news about IT spending. I've written about several reports pointing to higher IT budgets. Research powerhouse Gartner is weighing in, reporting that overall spending is up around 8 percent.

What are you spending money on? Security? Services? New apps? Or just keeping things running? Details may be sent to [email protected].

Posted by Doug Barney on August 27, 2008


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