2006 Tech Spending Forecast to grow 16%
Topic: Technology news
From an article in Monday's Boston Globe:

Business investment in everything from computer servers and software applications to networking and storage equipment is projected to jump 11 percent to $546.9 billion in 2006, from $492.5 billion this year, according to Moody's Economy.com, a research firm.

The firm estimates business outlays will climb 10.2 percent in 2005, the same as in 2004


This is a fairly optimistic opinion; the Globe quotes a Forrester analyst who is more pessimistic. How about it MITX blog readers? Is your company planning to increase or decrease spending this year (if a vendor). If you are a technology supplier, how do you think next year's sales will be? Leave a comment with your thoughts....

Hospitals Turn to Online Marketing
Topic: Healthcare
Join us tomorrow (Tuesday 12/13) for a panel discussion on online marketing and healthcare. We'll have a great panel, including, Vicki Amilfitano from Brigham & Women's, Anne Speakman from Children's Hospital and Jack Barrette from Yahoo! to discuss how the Internet is changing health care marketing.
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One new feature of this event is that we'll invite our panelists to blog after this event. So bookmark our blog and visit it on Wednesday for additional material from our panelists. (Or leave a comment here for something you want the panelists to talk about)

Mobile Lime (eCommerce on mobile phones)
Topic: NE Company Profiles

Mobile Lime is a technology company based in Watertown which enables payments to be made to local merchants (primarily in Boston right now) using a cell phone. It also combines the service with a loyalty/member discount program.
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Where in Massachusetts you can use it

Jay Walker - Fireside Chat
Topic: Events - Fireside Chat
MITX's recent Fireside Chat on 12/8 with Jay Walker was a great success. Jay is the CEO of Walker Digital and founder of Priceline.com . Bill Bulkeley of the Wall Street Journal interviewed Jay for a lively conversation at the MIT Museum

If you couldn't attend the Fireside Chat, download our podcast of the event. A big thanks to Dan Bricklin for creating and hosting the podcast.

10th Annual MITX Awarrds
Topic: Awards


The 10th Annual MITX Awards were held at the Marriott Copley Place on November 2, 2005.

Check out this year's winners.
Take a look at our photo album of attendees, sponsors, and winners:


10th Annual MITX Awards