Research Slideshow:
CIO Priorities for 2010

• 1. The sour economy will still play a role in IT decision-making in 2010. The top priority for CIOs: business productivity and cost reduction.
• 2. Even as organizations continue to look for cuts, they need to keep supporting the business. The second priority cited was IT and business alignment.
• 3. As CIOs look across the business in anticipation of economic recovery, business agility and speed to market ranked as the third priority.
• 4. Organizations need to make reduced budgets work, so business process reengineering made it to number four.
• 5. Sensing a familiar theme? The fifth ranked priority was IT cost reduction.
• 6. CIOs voted IT reliability and efficiency as the sixth highest priority.
• 7. Just focusing on tactical and operational concerns will hobble IT departments as they try to keep up with business needs. Thus CIOs voted IT strategic planning number seven.
• 8. IT doesn't have to be just a cost center. CIOs say coming up with revenue-generating IT innovations is their number eight top priority.
• 9. Security breaches can put a major dent in the bottom line, and also in the company's brand. CIOs say security and privacy concerns are their ninth most important priority.
• 10. Where does the CIO stand within the grand scheme of the organization? Many executives wonder, placing the CIO leadership role in the number 10 slot.