2019 IT spending is expected to grow 2.2% in New Zealand, and 3% in Australia, far exceeding the 1.1% global average.

Cisco, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet, all with a strong focus on network security products, outperformed the market, recording strong double-digit growth.

As spend continues to increase, cybersecurity only represents 2% of total IT expenditure, even as organisations increase protection against malicious threats and keep in line with data compliance regulations.

A recent study by Zinnov shows that IoT spend reached US$201 billion in 2018 while outsourcing service providers generated $40 billion in revenue.

Managed security services will be the largest technology category in 2019.

Service providers account for a growing share of ICT spending, led by a surge of cloud infrastructure spending, according to IDC.

IDC has shared its forecast for digital transformation spending in Europe, which looks to be a very profitable industry.

“2018 is not a good year for IT spending in EMEA,” says Gartner research vice president John Lovelock.

More than 80% of New Zealand’s nationally significant organisations don’t have a dedicated chief information security officer (CISO), a benchmark report from the GCSB and NCSC has found.

Gartner's data reveals total global IT spending will continue to grow in 2019, with some sectors doing better than others.

Gartner has released a new forecast of Australia and New Zealand’s information security spending power between 2018 and 2019.

While cybersecurity has now become a critical business function, it remains a non-core competence for a significant number of boards.

An IDC report shows that the market is on course for a growth of 3.7% this year, slightly down from last year's 4.2%.

Locally, Australian tech spending is forecast to grow 2.3% to reach A$84.5 billion in 2018, with NZ to reach NZ$12 billion.

APeJ spending on mobility solutions is expected to grow 5.3% year over year in 2018, reaching more than $540.7 billion.

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The research and analysis company says communications services continue to drive the majority of spending.

Australian information security spend is expected to climb to $2.8b this year, with enterprise security services a key market.

A new release from Gartner has forecast worldwide IT spending to jump 2.4 percent in 2017, but some segments are set to decline.

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Local IT spend is tracking ahead of the global average with Gartner forecasting growth across all segments - except data centre systems.

The industry analysts say while Japan is the largest market in the region, it is New Zealand that will have the highest growth rate in 2017.

Local IT spend will continue to climb this year but while spend in some categories is increasing, others are falling. Gartner tells who wins and loses

“Moreover, IT spending statistics alone do not measure IT effectiveness and are not a gauge of successful IT organisations."