TOC: The Year of Growing Carefully

Overview

Strategy Trends
  

1. IT spending is on the rise
  

2. The big money is on the customer
  

3. IT will eke out yet more productivity gains
  

4. Speed, transparency and personalization matter
  

5. CIOs fall into the new alignment trap
  

6. Retailing has become the industry to watch
  

7. No relief for penny-pinched CIOs

Management Trends
  

8. The CIO turnover rate is about to jump
  

9. CIOs will need more business experience to succeed
  

10. IT staff levels will grow modestly
  

11. Offshoring’s bark stays bigger than its bite
  

12. CIOs will refocus on recruiting and retaining IT
  

13. Budgeting processes will continue to get better
  

14. ROI practices will get more creative
  

15. Project management standards will get tougher
  

16. Boards of directors will sharpen focus on IT
  

17. Performance measurement comes of age

Security And Risk Trends
  

18. Security problems will skyrocket
  

19. IT goes on permanent war footing
  

20. Sarbanes-Oxley will continue to cause trouble
  

21. Compliance becomes a top IT priority
  

22. Risk management won’t prevent IT risk-taking

Technology Trends
  

23. More companies call themselves early adopters
  

24. Infrastructure moves to the front burner
  

25. The sun sets on legacy systems
  

26. CRM usage will explode
  

27. Web services becomes a cornerstone technology
  

28. Wireless work becomes the norm
  

29. New technologies gain traction
  

30. CIOs want more from vendors   

CIO Insight Staff
CIO Insight Staff
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