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Publication: Management Accounting (British)
Date: Saturday, July 1 2000

IT directors in Europe will use or consider financing for 80 per cent of IT acquisitions by 2002 according to research. The use of IT financing is expected to grow by 13 per cent over the next two years, whilst the growth in the rental of IT systems is estimated at 15 per cent, says IBM Global Financing.

Companies hoping to take advantage of WAP should probably hold back, according to Ovum, the consultants. "WAP was never meant to be the be-all and end-all of mobile Internet," said Michelle MacKenzie, Ovum analyst. "As and when mobile network improvements allow, more s

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