What do the CIOs of 2013 expect?
According to the annual survey “State of the CIO”, which CIO magazine conducted for the twelfth time at the end of 2012, 39% of information technology directors are counting on a successful year for their companies, against 34% of optimists a year ago.
Also on the agenda in 2013:
- building and strengthening relationships with those interested in the activities of the company by persons who are not related to information technology;
- the growth of mobile initiatives and initiatives related to the use of big data;
- as a result, investments in business analytics and data management solutions.
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In general, information technology directors are more optimistic than a year ago. However, six out of ten executives believe that 2013 will place high demands on their organizations, and two thirds (67%) expect problems in the industries where their companies operate.
The main problems that executives of enterprise information infrastructures expect to face are the ongoing economic recession, as well as the threat to the information security of companies.
Moreover, the security problem worries the North American leaders much more (75%) than their foreign counterparts (61%).
64% of CIOs are going to focus on the marketing policy of the information department in order for companies to better understand the capabilities and essence of IT processes. About a third of managers are actively calling for customer communication, against 18% two years ago.
And 34% of CIOs teach their employees to focus on external customers (which are not part of the company), against 25% in 2011.
More than half of the surveyed heads of information departments are going to complete in 2013 at least one mobile project in their company.
At the same time, 59% of CIOs admit that their organizations are mostly late (34%) or are lagging behind (25%) with the adaptation of such projects. And only 13% of managers confirmed that their companies were able to fully complete the implementation of projects related to big data. Nevertheless, 37% expect to complete at least one similar project in 2013.
In general, most IT managers (63%) spend most of their time coordinating the information projects being implemented with the business goals of companies, as well as improving system performance (54%), introducing new technologies and architectures (50%) and developing interconnections between the IT department and other structures of companies (45%).
However, the trend is that more and more CIOs are striving to devote themselves to solving strategic tasks, including business innovation (54%), developing and revising business strategies (45%) and identifying opportunities to build on competitors (41%).
The survey involved 563 information technology directors, who represent companies with annual revenues of $ 100 million or more.
Also on the agenda in 2013:
- building and strengthening relationships with those interested in the activities of the company by persons who are not related to information technology;
- the growth of mobile initiatives and initiatives related to the use of big data;
- as a result, investments in business analytics and data management solutions.
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In general, information technology directors are more optimistic than a year ago. However, six out of ten executives believe that 2013 will place high demands on their organizations, and two thirds (67%) expect problems in the industries where their companies operate.
The main problems that executives of enterprise information infrastructures expect to face are the ongoing economic recession, as well as the threat to the information security of companies.
Moreover, the security problem worries the North American leaders much more (75%) than their foreign counterparts (61%).
64% of CIOs are going to focus on the marketing policy of the information department in order for companies to better understand the capabilities and essence of IT processes. About a third of managers are actively calling for customer communication, against 18% two years ago.
And 34% of CIOs teach their employees to focus on external customers (which are not part of the company), against 25% in 2011.
More than half of the surveyed heads of information departments are going to complete in 2013 at least one mobile project in their company.
Gradually increasing the attention of companies to large data.
At the same time, 59% of CIOs admit that their organizations are mostly late (34%) or are lagging behind (25%) with the adaptation of such projects. And only 13% of managers confirmed that their companies were able to fully complete the implementation of projects related to big data. Nevertheless, 37% expect to complete at least one similar project in 2013.
In general, most IT managers (63%) spend most of their time coordinating the information projects being implemented with the business goals of companies, as well as improving system performance (54%), introducing new technologies and architectures (50%) and developing interconnections between the IT department and other structures of companies (45%).
However, the trend is that more and more CIOs are striving to devote themselves to solving strategic tasks, including business innovation (54%), developing and revising business strategies (45%) and identifying opportunities to build on competitors (41%).
The survey involved 563 information technology directors, who represent companies with annual revenues of $ 100 million or more.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/165389/
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