• Investment in mobile ERP increasing: IDC

  $1 in every $8 spent today on IT in Australia goes to mobile ERP, according to a white paper by IDC and mobile ERP vendor IFS. And investment in mobile is expected to increase, they said.

• PC survey of SMBs indicates optimistic outlook

  A survey conducted by The NPD Group projects that 77 percent of SMBs are planning to spend more, or at least the same, on new PC hardware in 2010 compared to 2009 PC spending. The SMB Technology Report suggests that the increased PC spending is a harbinger of a better economy--driven by new business and new hires.

• IT's 'love affair' with Windows XP ending, says US survey

  Businesses are finally prying their hands from Windows XP as they warm to Windows 7, a research company said today.

• Executive push required for successful collaboration

  CIOs in emerging marketing economies are more successful in enabling collaboration across the enterprise, a survey by BT Global Services has found.

• CIOs struggle with information overload

  The CIO’s role might best be described in the future as chief intelligence officer rather than information officer as enterprise struggles to make sense of the volumes of information available and how best to feed that back into the enterprise.

Whitepapers about survey

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  Pulling the Plug on Legacy Log Management

  When it comes to log management, CSOs have been left in the lurch. According to this IDG Research Services survey, organisations are poised to “rip and replace” legacy technology for better compliance and security. Read more.