Top five IT spending priorities for hard times

Tom Sullivan. ComputerWorld. November 19, 2008.

With the current economic times, organizations are busy looking to see what costs they can cut. Analysts agree these areas need to be funded.

1. Storage: Disks and management software. For many the largest expenditure is storage. Data doubles yearly
2. Business intelligence: Niche analytics. Information and resources to help accomplish keys goals.
3. Optimizing resources. Get the most out of what you already have.
4. Security. Keeping the resources secure.
5. Cloud computing: Business solutions.