EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

For the first time in recent memory, it looks like IT product and service costs will rise next year by as much as 20 percent.

In the past, dollar fluctuations have been largely absorbed by the vendors, but it appears this time around the amounts are too large not to pass on.

There's a few things you can do to prepare - Forrester recommends an open discussion with your suppliers, while Gartner tells us some ways to potentially drop your Microsoft licensing costs. Look out for more tips from us soon!

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Ry Crozier | December 12, 2008

IT managers are being urged to renegotiate product and service costs with major suppliers for next year to beat an imminent local price rise of between five to 20 percent.

By Iain Thomson | December 12, 2008

One of the largest independent developers for the Apple iPhone has written an open letter to Steve Jobs complaining that the App Store is harming larger development projects.

By Ry Crozier | December 12, 2008

Microsoft-based laptops aren't too expensive to meet the Federal government's promise of a computer for every school-aged student, according to the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

By Staff Writers | December 12, 2008

IronPort, the security arm of Cisco, has opened a new support centre in Sydney to deliver a local and more personal level of technical support to customers.

By Ry Crozier | December 12, 2008

Australian Technical College has deployed a Microsoft Dynamics CRM system to help manage information on student offers and placements made under the Australian school-based apprenticeship scheme.

By Staff writers | December 12, 2008

Two thirds of people surveyed by F-Secure said they would not resist the temptation to leave a co-workers phone untouched if they found it unattended at the staff Christmas party.

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