http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/052311-bloomberg-survey.html By Ann Bednarz Network World May 23, 2011 IT execs in the financial services industry say they plan to increase tech spending and use more managed services as they struggle to process data faster, less expensively and more reliably. That's the consensus among more than 100 CIOs and technology executives polled by Bloomberg. The survey respondents were attendees at Bloomberg LINK's Enterprise Technology Summit, held earlier this month in New York. Among the attendees surveyed, 76% plan to increase IT spending over the next 12 months, 17% are cutting back on spending, and 7% are keeping spending levels flat. More than half (55%) expect to shift more of their overall capital expense to managed solutions, while 33% won't and 12% don't know. A key driver of spending is compliance: 84% of respondents have increased spending on regulatory and compliance systems in the past two years. Just 5% decreased compliance spending, and 11% have kept it flat. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Mon May 23 2011 - 22:12:44 PDT
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