<p>The UK lags behind Germany in the adoption of advanced technologies such as mobile, cloud and analytics, according to a new report from analyst company Forrester Research.</p><p>"Like German firms, a high proportion of UK firms 63% on average are implementing mobile technologies like smartphones and tablets and mobile apps," the report says.</p><p>"But only one-third of UK firms are using or planning to use cloud computing, and only two-fifths are using smart computing technologies."</p><p>Despite this, or perhaps because of it, UK companies spend proportionally more of their IT budgets on software and hardware than their German counterparts.</p><p><a href="http://www.information-age.com/it-management/finance-and-project-management/123457195/uk-lags-germany-in-advanced-technology-adoption--forrester-finds">Keep reading...</a></p>