Tech spending in the education sector in 2011

As 2010 drew to a close, analysts and industry commentators began the yearly ritual of forecasting which sectors would grow and which would shrink. Amongst the predictions and hypostheses, an interesting prediction was that the education sector would be the biggest spender in IT, as academic institutions seek to give themselves an edge in an increasingly competitive economy. With that in mind, we decided to speak in more depth to decision-makers at schools, colleges and universities to see if they were in fact planning to ramp up investment, or if their priority is still to boost efficiencies wherever possible.

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