CIOs Focusing on Enterprise and Reducing IT in 2012

February 21, 2012

As we move six weeks into 2012, we wonder what companies are focusing on this year when it comes to technology. Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, took on the task of polling over 2000 CIOs to answer that question. The results were discussed in Technology is ‘Amplifying’ the Enterprise, but Diminishing IT.”

Budget is still in the forefront this year and “the continued poor economy is causing many global IT budgets to remain relatively flat for the foreseeable future.” Mark McDonald, group vice president for Gartner Executive Programs and Gartner Fellow, explains that:

“Technology’s role in the enterprise is increasing, but this does not mean, that the role of the IT organization is increasing… CIOs concentrating on IT as a force of operational automation, integration and control are losing ground to executives who see technology as a business amplifier and source of innovation.”

The top ten priorities for 2012 are:

Analytics and business intelligence.
Mobile technologies.
Cloud computing – SaaS, IaaS, PaaS
Collaboration/workflow technologies.
Legacy modernization.
IT management.
CRM
ERP applications
Security
Virtualization.

We are not surprised to see mobile technology climbing towards the top. Software companies are regularly creating reliable and affordable mobile apps. Inforbix recently released an iPad app that allows users to search for CAD and product data on-the-go. We would not be surprised if mobile technology captured the top spot in 2013.

Jennifer Wensink, February 21, 2012

Written by Catherine · Filed Under Enterprise, News, Search, Technology

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One Response to “CIOs Focusing on Enterprise and Reducing IT in 2012”

Aditya on February 21st, 2012 5:16 am

Interesting Insights from the survey on IT focus areas for 2012 good to see that ERP applications are still on the priority list of industry heads even though many are predicting its demise.Just read an informative whitepaper, Choosing the right ERP solution for your organization @ http://bit.ly/zSEOXf

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