CIO Insight Staff

Leadership Void Threatens Global Businesses Growing Difficulty 61% of global executives say it is much harder to predict a top leader’s success in a new role than it was five years ago. Faulty Radars Just 22% describe their company as being very successful in identifying talent early on. A Dry Well Only 22% rate their […]

Enterprise B2B Imitates B2C Enterprise Buyers are Mimicking Consumer Shoppers 61% of B2B buyers report third-party sites and feedback from business partners, peers and social channels as more important than conversations with their sales teams when deciding on a purchase. Technology Is the Cause and Cure 45% of respondents say IT plays a greater role […]

Projects Suffer from Lack of Staffing, Resources Sidetracked Workers 38% of employees say the work they perform relates to overall company strategy no more than one-half of the time. Juggling Multiple Tasks 43% say their priorities get changed at least every week—if not every day—requiring them to drop a project and pick up another. Not […]

By Edward Gardner and Joe Hogan The biggest business driver of outsourcing has always been cost savings. And while cost continues to influence decision-making in the IT and business process outsourcing markets, increasing and expanding demands on IT organizations are compelling them to seek more from their service providers. As mature enterprises enter into the […]

By Shivesh Vishwanathan Traditional software used to be transactional, but today it’s transformational and stateful. Instead of being packaged in a box, software is now service-oriented, contextual, data and analytics-driven, collaborative, and has content at its core. This new wave of software is called consumerware. It’s this consumerization of software that’s making consumer-facing characteristics central […]

Tech Industry Struggling With Talent Gap On the Upswing The overall business sentiment rating is 50.8 among global tech company execs, but it is expected to rise to 54.6 within the next six months. Made in the USA The 56.4 business sentiment rating in the U.S. is more than 10 points higher than it was […]

The IT Rich Get Richer Top Business Objectives for CIOs The difference between the two types of companies often comes down to a strategic focus on customers. High Performers: Providing the right information to the right person at the right time., Finding better ways to interact with customers., Delivering new services and products to customers. […]

Companies Missing out on Mobile Social Tools Leveling Off 82% of executives report that their company uses at least one social-technology tool, which is about the same as last year. Consumer Divide 76% report that their company deploys social tools to communicate with customers. However, they do so with only 38% of their customer base. […]

10 Awesome Facts About the Mobile Revolution Onward and Upward There are 6.7 billion global mobile subscriptions, of which no more than 30% are for smartphones. Meaning smartphones have plenty of growth potential. Broad Perspective Global mobile broadband subscriptions are expected to surpass 2 billion this year, and will reach 8 billion by the end […]

Why Organizations Need a CDO Market Dominators 71% of companies that outperform the competition in terms of market share are “digital leaders,” as are 70% of organizations that exceed competitors on customer and partner satisfaction. Cash Flow 67% of companies that outperform competitors in gross revenues are digital leaders, as are 65% of organizations which […]

Top 10 IT Priorities for State CIOs Security This includes risk assessment, governance, data protection, user training and awareness, and third-party practices. Consolidation and Optimization State CIOs are looking to consolidate services, operations, resources, infrastructure and data centers, among other resources. Cloud Services “As a service” emerges as a norm within state government, bringing up […]

By Ajay Deshpande What distinguishes forward-looking organizations is how they go about adopting collaboration platforms. There are many organizations that have adopted collaboration platforms, but they’re still waiting for users to appear. This article addresses the barriers to user adoption, behavioural and organizational hurtles to avoid, and strategies that help get collaboration successfully adopted in […]