Cyber defence looks set to get a budget boost, while everyone else loses money, says Peter Judge. The irony is, we will never know if the money was needed

Cyber defence looks set to get a budget boost, while everyone else loses money, says Peter Judge. The irony is, we will never know if the money was needed
Despite an increase in cyber-attacks, midsize organisations are continuing to slash or freeze their security budgets
The government has decided to finally pull the plug on the troubled and hugely costly £12.7 billion NHS National Programme for IT
This week's budget didn't support a transition to a low-carbon economy, says Peter Judge. But it could cut emissions by reducing demand
George Osborne's coalition budget has raised VAT and confirmed public sector cuts that will hit public sector IT
IDC is predicting that worldwide IT spending will jump 3.8 percent this year, to $1.47 trillion (£1.02bn)
Conservatives have struck the Broadband Tax out of the Labour budget, in a move which could cost them rural votes
Despite the precarious state of public finances, the Chancellor has announced funding for a green investment bank - but, overall, technology did not get much airtime