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Enterprises which are gun shy about upgrading their desktop operating systems after the Vista experience should still give Windows 7 a fair hearing according to Kyle Rosenthal, managing director of Spider Consulting.

After a year when salary and headcount freezes have been the norm for IT workers, peak industry body, the Australian Information Industry Association, plans to open the kimono early next month revealing just what you are worth.

Overhauling Government departments’ printing and document management systems could deliver the savings required by the Gershon Report recommendations, and potentially save IT jobs.

Early polling of Australian CIOs by analyst Gartner suggests that ICT budgets will grow modestly in 2010.

Previous economic downturns such as those triggered by Black Monday and Tech Wreck prompted deep IT budget cuts; but large enterprises and government are now so IT-dependent they can no longer unilaterally slash budgets, which is protecting IT projects and headcount.

IT spending is falling dramatically around the world but in Australia many companies are defying the global trend and continuing to spend their hard earned cash on investment in IT infrastructure.