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IT's Big Spenders

Posted by samzenpus on from the money-solves-all-problems dept.

TechEGrl writes "R&D spending increased by 17 percent in 2006, according to a new report on CIO Insight that ranks the top 81 R&D spenders. The spending was mostly targeted at consumer rather than business products, though Microsoft — not surprisingly the biggest spender with an investment of $6.58 billion — did throw significant change at biz apps like the Vista operating system. Investment in Internet search was dominated by Google, which more than doubled its R&D spending in 2006 and far outpaced competitors like Yahoo and eBay."

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  1. Re:I'll see your girlie 81 and raise you 1000 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's also worth mentioning that the list is far from complete: for instance, Nokia put 3825 million euros, or 3230 million dollars to R&D at 2005. More recent data would probably give even more prominent position on that list. One can only wonder what other companies are left out.

  2. List is very incomplete... by Adeptus_Luminati · · Score: 2, Informative

    Question the accuracy or completeness of this list. Cisco who spends an average of 3.2 Billion in R&D a year should have been right in the top 5. Also where are Nortel, Lucent, Juniper, and the Telcos?

    source: http://www.ameinfo.com/114768.html

    Adeptus

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  3. Re:Don't Know What They're Spending it On by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Well, I can't fathom what Microsoft are spending $6.58 billion dollars on, especially with regard to Vista(!?).

    See for yourself what they're researching.

    Say what you will about their business tactics, but Microsoft does do a large amount of basic research, much of which hasn't been (and won't be, for the foreseeable future) marketed as a product.