Global Stories

ANZ markets forecast to log higher IT spending growth over coming year

IT spending across Australia and New Zealand is forecast to exceed the global average this year, with Australian spend up 3.7% yoy and NZ up 2.7%.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 19th Jul 2017

Internet of Things

IT spending by AU educational institutions to exceed US$1.6b

Educational institutions in Australia are loosening the purse strings in a move the IDC says is in response to 'dramatic changes' in student demands.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 19th Jul 2017

Internet of Things

Golden times for channel as Indian enterprises increase ICT budgets

A whopping 85 percent of survey respondents reported being willing to increase their ICT budgets in 2017, compared to 75 percent in 2016.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 18th Jul 2017

Software-as-a-Service

Worldwide IT spending to grow again in 2017 – but it's not all good news

A new release from Gartner has forecast worldwide IT spending to jump 2.4 percent in 2017, but some segments are set to decline.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 14th Jul 2017

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Asia Pacific leads the way as IT spend rebounds

IDC is forecasting IT spend to rebound from the second half of 2017, so what technologies are on the up - and which are dragging the market down?.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Thu, 13th Jul 2017

Software-as-a-Service

Enterprises' hosting and cloud budget growth outpacing total IT spend growth

Growth in hosting and cloud services spend will outpace total IT spend growth this year, with a survey also highlighting the value of specialisation.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 9th May 2017

IT Budget

Government CIOs spending 21% of IT budget on digital initiatives - tipped to grow

A global Gartner survey has made some interesting revelations, including the average IT budget amongst all IT industries - and where it should be.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 27th Apr 2017

Security Information and Event Management

LogRhythm report casts damning eye on enterprise security tactics

LogRhythm's latest cyber resiliency report casts a damning look into the state of Asia Pacific organisations in Asia Pacific.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 26th Apr 2017

IT Budget

NZ and Australian IT spend ahead of global forecast

Local IT spend is tracking ahead of the global average with Gartner forecasting growth across all segments - except data centre systems.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 11th Apr 2017

Digital Transformation

India Union Budget 2017: Here's what three business leaders think

Every year, citizens of India wait with bated for the announcement of the country's budget - here's what three business leaders think.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Feb 2017

IT Budget

Software growing fast as 'mature' APAC banking and securities spend hits $67b

The industry analysts say while Japan is the largest market in the region, it is New Zealand that will have the highest growth rate in 2017.

By Heather Wright • 1 min read • Mon, 13th Feb 2017

Health Technologies

Global IT spending increases – opportunities for vendors to continue

Global IT spending is forecast to reach nearly $2.4 trillion USD in 2017, representing an increase of 3.5 percent over 2016.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Feb 2017

IT Budget

Mixed fortunes for local IT spend in 2017, says Gartner

Local IT spend will continue to climb this year but while spend in some categories is increasing, others are falling. Gartner tells who wins and loses.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Jan 2017

Risk & Compliance

Enterprises falsely equate IT security spending with maturity

Organizations spending only 5.6% on IT security could still be vulnerable, says Gartner. Comparisons to average spending don't reveal enough about security.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Dec 2016

Small Business

SMBs shell out billions on IT spend as they look to compete with enterprise

According to IDC, SMBs will spend USD $564 billion on IT in 2016, growing to USD $668 billion by 2020, to stay competitive against larger enterprises.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Nov 2016

Distributed Denial of Service

Cybersecurity checklist: Five essential tasks for multinational companies in 2017

While 2016 brought to light a number of massive data breaches, we have to be ready for more highly sophisticated and rapid attacks in 2017.

By Don Liew • 4 min read • Mon, 28th Nov 2016

IT Automation

Industrial automation behind tech spending growth in APAC, researcher says

In the APeJ region, IDC forecasts tech spending in manufacturing will hit USD $36 billion by 2020, driven by industrial automation and efficiency gains.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Wed, 23rd Nov 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Digital Transformation

DX to drive 75% of Kiwi IT spend by 2019 says IDC NZ

Technologies enabling DX will drive more than 75% of Kiwi IT spend by 2019 with 50% of all infrastructure and software spend being cloud-based by 2020.

By Heather Wright • 4 min read • Tue, 7th Feb 2017