
How IT Responds to Shifting Business Demands
How IT Responds to Shifting Business Demands
Top IT Priorities: Business Minded
74% of surveyed global execs said their company is looking to improve IT’s support of strategic and operational plans of the business.
Top IT Priorities: Agile Action
48% of those surveyed said their company is seeking to increase IT’s ability to respond swiftly to changes in business demands.
Top IT Priorities: Lean In
48% said their company wants to drive down the cost of IT functions through efficiency and productivity improvement.
Top IT Priorities: Customer Facing
32% said they’re looking for IT to improve their company’s customer experience/service levels.
Risk Factor: Vulnerable Position
49% feel that risk related to the security of cyber-information should increase in 2015.
Risk Factor: Heated Rivalry
48% said that the risk associated with intensified competition is likely to intensify this year.
Risk Factor: Mandatory Compliance
42% said risk related to regulatory requirements will probably increase in 2015.
Risk Factor: HR Issue
41% feel that risk associated with the need to access critical talent will likely grow this year.
Risk Factor: Game-Changer
30% said that risk related to disruptive innovation will increase in 2015.
Agenda Item: Market Watch, Part I
82% said that expanding their company’s product/service portfolio into existing markets is one of their top priorities.
Agenda Item: Market Watch, Part II
63% said that one of their top priorities is to expand their company’s existing product/service portfolio into new markets.
Agenda Item: Reinvention Underway
65% said innovating their company’s business model, product and service offerings remains a top priority.