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IT budgeting

Cover image for Brocent IT blog post: Twelve Headcount, One Number: A Singapore Trading House Rebuilds Its IT Budget Per Person

September 15, 2026 | 18 min

Twelve Headcount, One Number: A Singapore Trading House Rebuilds Its IT Budget Per Person

An illustrative Singapore composite: a ~120-person commodities trading house whose IT line swung between S$2,000 and S$40,000 a month with no pattern a forecast could use. Why project-shaped IT spending cannot be attributed to a desk, what per-user pricing actually changes (and what it does not), the live Singapore plan and token figures worked through against real headcount, and the three ways to buy IT support.

Cover image for Brocent IT blog post: What Drives Data Center Costs in Hong Kong? 2026 Guide

July 30, 2026 | 16 min

What Drives Data Center Costs in Hong Kong? 2026 Guide

There's no public per-vendor Hong Kong colocation price list — here are the real, verifiable cost drivers: electricity tariffs, grid-connection queues, land scarcity, redundancy tier and connectivity.