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. Other Organizations: Cutting business operational costs., Increasing workforce productivity., Automating core business processes.
Looking Beyond IT
High performers are much more likely to consider future economic, geopolitical, social and business trends. High performers: 50%, Other organizations: 10%
Portion of IT Investments Focused on Strategic Business Initiatives
By a significant margin, high performers tie IT investments to strategic business initiatives. High Performers: 55%, Other organizations: 37%
Transitioning to the Cloud by 2015: Infrastructure
A large percentage of high performers will be managing their own private clouds by 2015.
Transitioning to the Cloud by 2015: Development
No matter how you look at it this transition may take a while.
Transitioning to the Cloud by 2015: Applications
Transitioning application models to the cloud appears to be a lot more challenging.
Effectively Replacing Legacy Architecture Components With Cloud Systems
Even when highly committed this is not as easy as it should be. High performers: 33%, Other organizations: 4%
Fully Committed to Dynamic Provisioning External Services
Many still view external services as the competition. High performers: 27%, Other organizations: 2%
Unified Virtual Environment With Dynamically Provisioned Services
This is a high priority going forward for most high-performer IT organizations. High performers: 15%, Other organizations: 1%
Committed to Enabling Mobile Transactions:
Most recognize the transformative impact of mobile computing. High performers: 69%, Other organizations: 42%
Committed to Mobile App Stores
Mobile app stores provide a modicum of centralized mobile control. High performers: 54%, Other organizations: 22%
Current Information Management Investments
High performers get more value of IT investments.
Business Benefits of IT Investments
High performers are seeing major benefits to the business.
Top Five Skills of a Successful CIO
High performers have greater mastery of emerging technologies.
