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- Networking and security step up in Feb IT priorities rankings
- Below is a summary of the latest findings from our monthly IT Priorities survey: •Software infrastructure remains the top initiative: Software infrastructure projects averaged 23% of IT spending in the last 12 months, but spending is expected to dip to 19% in the following year. Current spending on ERP projects...
- Tags: Spending, 12-Month, last 12-month
- Blog posts 2006-02-01
- New methodology changes up ZDNet's IT priorities rankings
- January’s IT Priorities survey results show that software infrastructure is the no. 1 top priority followed by hardware upgrades and IT management. Rounding out the top 5 are wired and wireless and data management, according to our approximately 500 respondents who take our survey each month. (I'f you've been following...
- Tags: Hardware upgrade, Authentication/Encryption, last 12-month
- Blog posts 2006-01-10
- Top IT priorities reshuffle as '05 comes to a close
- December's IT Priorities findings show that software infrastructure has once again reclaimed the second place position from hardware upgrades (now at no. 3) while security also jumped up a spot to no. 4, pushing IT management to fifth place. Meanwhile, Wired and Wireless networking, the reigning leader for over the...
- Tags: 12-Month, last 12-month
- Blog posts 2005-12-02
- 100 bln searches conducted over next 12 months
- Annual Web search usage and volume is projected to cross the 100 bln threshold during the next 12 months, driven by a range of advances and new developments in general and vertical search as well as video and multimedia search. Local commercial searches could surpass 20 bln (or 20% of...
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-11-16
- ZDNet study: Web technology slips to number six IT priority
- This month's IT Priorities results show that projects revolving around Web Technology, which include implementations like Web services, portals, and e-commerce, have taken a back seat to five other major areas of IT investment; wired and wireless networking (no. 1), hardware upgrades (no. 2), software infrastructure (no. 3), IT management...
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-11-08
- Latest IT Priorites data shows software making gains
- October’s IT Priorities findings show that software infrastructure has reclaimed the second place position from hardware upgrades, which is now back as the no. 3 top priority among our approximately 500 respondents who take our survey each month. Drilling down, we found that current spending on ERP projects averaged 25%...
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-10-07
- IT spending to grow 2.9% over the next 12 months
- IT and line-of-business expectations for IT spending over the next 12 months fell from August 2005's 6.1% to 2.9%, IDC reports.
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-10-04
- US IT spending expected to grow 6.1% over the next 12 months
- Buyers in IDC survey are now expecting 6.1% IT spending growth over the next 12 months, which is slightly higher than IDC US forecast of 5% growth.
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-09-14
- 18% of biotech companies to use electronic data capture within the next 12 months
- Life Science Insights data shows that the percentage of pharma and biotech companies using electronic data capture in trials will grow from only 7% in June 2005 to over 18% in the next 12 months. Another 30% of pharma and biotech companies will be using EDC in 50-90% of their...
- Tags: biotechnology, 12-Month, biotech company
- Blog posts 2005-08-22
- 82% of consumer magazines plan to up their Web efforts within the next 12 months
- International Federation of the Periodical Press asked magazines about their reasons for going online. 76% want to create new revenue streams and profits in the long term, 67% plan to build a community around the brand, 40% expect to create revenue and profits in the short term, 55% have...
- Tags: Web
- Blog posts 2005-08-13
- 4% of Internet users plan to buy a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) within the next 12 months
- Parks Associates surveyed 2,112 Internet users in regards to their mobile purchase intent within the next 12 months. 24% are shopping for a new mobile phone, 10% - for a new MP3 player, 9% - for portable DVD player, 8% - for a mobile phone with music playback. Only 4%...
- Tags: 12-Month, mobile
- Blog posts 2005-08-07
- US IT buyers to increase spending by 2.8% in the next 12 months
- After four months of little change in the combined IT spending outlook, IDC saw early signs of divergence between buy-side indicators and market indicators. Buyer expectations of 4.8% IT spending growth over the next 12 months are now in line with IDC's US forecast of 5%.
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-08-01
- Salaries for certified tech workers up 3% for the past 12 months
- Overall pay for 89 noncertified technical skills grew 3.8% in the first half of 2005, and 4.9% for the 12 months ended July 1, 2005, Foote Partners said. For 87 certified tech skills, the pay went up 1.3% in the first half of 2005 and 3% for the 12 months...
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-07-19
- Top technology projects, now to mid-2007
- ZDNet Research has pulled together the latest findings from our monthly IT Priorities survey of IT professionals. Below are the key highlights from the three time frames we look at; current; 12-months; and 24-months out: Trends in current IT projects20 percent of current IT spending is devoted to software...
- Tags: information technology, 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-06-01
- VoIP planning becomes reality
- This month, wired and wireless networking projects are the top IT priority, as measured by our IT Priorities research. Currently, more VoIP projects are underway than any other networking solution, a trend that started in January, showing the shift from 12-month planning to deployment. And VoIP projects are still top-of-mind...
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-05-04
- Networking projects hard to predict
- For over 12 months, wired and wireless networking projects have held the #1 spot in our IT Priorities rankings for IT projects currently underway, and those planned 12 and 24 months down the road. However, we noticed that IT managers have a tendency to overestimate the importance of and extent...
- Tags: networking, information technology, 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-05-02
- 28% of US households will buy a cell phone within the next 12 months
- 28% of the US households are likely to purchase a mobile phone over the next 12 months, according to Parks Associates. The mobile phone industry and its content partners will benefit from being first to implement interoperable digital rights management DRM solutions, which will provide greater revenue opportunities and better...
- Tags: Cellular phones, telephone, cell phone
- Blog posts 2005-03-30
- 28% of US households will buy a cell phone within the next 12 months
- 28% of the US households are likely to purchase a mobile phone over the next 12 months, according to Parks Associates. The mobile phone industry and its content partners will benefit from being first to implement interoperable digital rights management DRM solutions, which will provide greater revenue opportunities and better...
- Tags: telephone, 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-03-30
- IT spending to grow 4-5% in the next 12 months
- Goldman Sachs continues to expect 2005 IT spending to end up in the 4-5% range. Security software and hardware, high-end storage systems, Web server software and laptop computers are expected to draw higher interest over the next 12 months.
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-03-18
- IT spending to grow 4-5% in the next 12 months
- Goldman Sachs continues to expect 2005 IT spending to end up in the 4-5% range. Security software and hardware, high-end storage systems, Web server software and laptop computers are expected to draw higher interest over the next 12 months.
- Tags: 12-Month
- Blog posts 2005-03-18
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