Although U.S.manufacturers and distributors are increasingly optimistic about their own businesses,many are deeply troubled by domestic and global economic conditions.These are among the findings in a new report titled the The McGladrey ...
JPMorgan, Forrester and IDC all recently lowered their IT spending forecasts for the year. Gartner did so in June. Analysts don't agree on the extent of the problem, but most broadly blame Europe and a slowdown in China, along with a ...
Tags: IT sector, IT spending forecasts, USA, government spending
Utility giant E.ON has outsourced application services to Capgemini as part of a five-year restructure of its IT services in a deal worth about €50m. The deal will see Capgemini provide application lifecycle services for E.ON's ...
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IDG News Service-Worldwide IT spending remains on course to grow by 6%in 2012 despite the grim economic situation in Europe,thanks to strong software,storage,smartphone and tablet sales,according to IDC. While 2012 has been a tough year ...
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Computerworld - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Mitt Romney's platform describes government's basic research efforts as an area Romney "plans to cut."Romney says research is important to innovation and ...
The Cabinet Office claims that a "ruthless approach" to "eradicating wasteful spending" across central government has helped generate £104m in savings in IT spending out of more than £5.5bn in total efficiency savings it claims ...
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Quarterly earnings from some of the biggest tech companies in the world this week were decidedly mixed,but showed some signs of strength,particularly in enterprise IT spending. Tech vendors with exposure to the hardware market have ...
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Global spending on IT products and services will rise 3 percent in 2012 to$3.6 trillion,according to figures released Monday by research firm Gartner.The forecast is up from the 2.5 percent growth projection Gartner issued earlier this ...
Tags: Public cloud services, IT products and services, telecom equipment
Gartner has predicted a slight increase in IT services spending for 2012,driven by businesses becoming more technology-based. According to the latest Garter global IT spending report,worldwide IT services investment is forecast to ...
Tags: Gartner, tech in business, multiple connected devices, analysts
The government will permanently keep a tight rein on spending controls, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said. The announcement acts a rubber stamp for the procedures already in place, said a Cabinet Office spokesman. All ...
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