<p>2012 was a year of stability and cautious IT expenditure, when investment in IT maintenance won out over innovation, and application infrastructure design focused on reliability, availability and security as opposed to cost, according to a recent study by ICT consulting company, Tecala Group.</p><p>The survey, conducted among 210 IT professionals regarding their plans for virtualisation, Cloud computing and infrastructure, also showed that it was a year in which virtualisation continued to expand its presence among Australian organisations.</p><p>Cloud Storage - Comparison of 30 Services</p><p>Maintenance was the highest budget priority for four out of five organisations, while a third of companies allocated 80 per cent of their budgets towards maintenance-related activities, leaving 20 per cent for innovation.</p><p><a href="http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=E2B6497B-9AF3-38A7-21F524224E6E21AB">Keep reading...</a></p>