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IT Budgets Increasing?

Chances are your budget over the last few years has been cut, slashed and cut again. If the money hasn't been restored, you might want to show your boss, CFO or CEO data from Ovum indicating that most shops are increasing budgets from 1 to 5 percent.

While not exactly whopping, it's a heckuva lot better than the carnage we've all gotten used to.

How did you weather the budget storm? Tips and horror stories equally welcome at [email protected].

Posted by Doug Barney on 03/15/2010 at 1:17 PM

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