Government and health care are the two industries expected to demonstrate the strongest growth in IT spending this year, according to a newly released vertical-market IT spending forecast issued by San Jose-based Dataquest Inc.
Call it a sign of the times.nnIt was hardly surprising when Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. snared the top spots in a recent survey of 6,792 IT professionals who identified the most desirable IT employers in the U.S. But until recently, who would've expected federal and state/local government agencies to nab two of the other top five positions?
IT leaders can prove the value of IT investments to senior management by shifting away from being viewed as a cost centre and focusing on how they are helping companies achieve top-line growth, said CIOs at a Society for Information Management (SIM) conference held recently in New York.