Perhaps the best evidence of this is a recent AMR Research survey, which found that companies expect to spend $5.8 billion to meet SOX requirements in 2005. And while technology spending represents just 28% of the overall budget, it's increasing by the largest percentage -- up 43% from $1.13 billion in 2004 to $1.62 billion in 2005.
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