How CIOs Wield Influence in the C-Suite
How CIOs Wield Influence in the C-Suite
After shoring up their companies cloud, mobile, social and analytics capabilities, IT leaders have greater license to invest in other technologies.
Rising Influence
53% of survey respondents said IT leadership drives the adoption of new tech, up from 49% who said IT leadership did this in 2015.
Objective Enabler
52% said their company approaches tech investments for strategic value, up from 36% who said this a year ago.
Output Drivers
39% said cloud infrastructure initiatives are most likely to generate productivity gains, while 38% cited analytics and 37% indicated that big data efforts would do so.
Broad Adoption, Part I
57% are using the cloud to benefit financial/accounting needs, and 34% are using it for enterprise resource planning while 33% are turning to the cloud for customer relationship management functions.
Broad Adoption, Part II
33% said data analytics efforts can increase operational effectiveness, while 27% said it can bring greater competitive edge in understanding customer trends. Nearly one-fifth said it can enhance the ability to predictively manage aspects of business.
Forward Spin
25% describe their adoption of predictive analytics as “mature,” and another 19% said they’re “investigating” the use of these solutions.
Biggest Barriers for Predictive Analytics Adoption
Data quality issues: 24%, Availability of skilled internal resources: 23%, Understanding what to measure – and how: 22%
Defensive Effort
58% of survey respondents said their companies are encrypting sensitive information, up from 44% who said this last year.
Top Sources of Data Privacy/Security Risk
Phishing scams: 49%, Employee-introduced risk: 47%, Cloud migration: 42%, Integration with external systems: 40%, Internal access controls: 35%
New Reality
88% of survey respondents said their company is using some form of virtual tech or augmented reality in their operations.
