Companies will <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9589_22-5401425.html?tag=zdnn.alert">spend more money next year on information technology</A> and other capital investments compared with 2004, said the chief executive of IBM. Sam Palmisano, speaking at an IBM customer event, said capital spending by companies was already growing at a healthy clip in 2004 and is expected to grow more in 2005.