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Effective collaboration through IT is the biggest technological challenge that will be faced by businesses next year, according to new research.

The survey by software firm Touchstone Group found that over 40 per cent of IT directors believe the use of technology to support collaboration was the most vital IT demand, followed by the demonstration of business value and customer relationship management.

Furthermore, the research suggested that almost six in ten IT heads intend to increase spending on technology over the next year, while 42 per cent cited a preference for purchasing ‘best of breed’ IT products from services companies and system integrators.

‘Collaboration across the company, particularly across different countries, is important in order to be able to plan and make effective business decisions,’ commented Adrian McNay, group board director at Touchstone Group.

Earlier this week, research firm Gartner urged IT directors to prepare two financial budgets for 2008 in case the ongoing credit crunch results in the need to make significant cuts in costs.

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Many businesses are less prepared than they think when it comes to using Web 2.0 technologies, a new survey has suggested.

While almost 97 per cent of companies polled by Forrester Research for Secure Computing said they believed themselves to be ready for internet threats, more than two-thirds admitted to needing to do more.

And when asked how regularly they fall foul of malware attacks, 79 per cent of respondents said they did so frequently.

‘The need to keep inappropriate content at bay, reduce non-business bandwidth consumption and limit exposure to internet threats gave rise to the industry of web filtering,’ the report stated.

It added: ‘The need for more effective web protection has never been greater.’

Earlier this week, Antti Ohrling, founder of mobile firm Blyk, told the MediaGuardian Changing Advertising Summit that experts were wrong to assume that Web 2.0 could enjoy the same level of success on mobile phones as it has done on the traditional internet, the Guardian reports.

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