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While  Australia’s IT industry is taking a real hammering from the effects of the economic crisis, there’s some blue sky in the technology market with a new report out today forecasting that the unified communications (UC) sector is set to benefit as businesses look for new ways to cut costs.

Milliman Care Guidelines, a US provider of e-health tools for hospitals and health systems, is introducing its web-based and interactive clinical care guidelines into Australian hospitals.
 

Worldwide vertical market IT spending is projected to total US$2.7 trillion in 2009, a 0.5 percent increase from 2008, with the three largest growth areas in the Asia Pacific region predicted to be communications, transportation, and utilities, according to Gartner.