Results of IBM's CIO Study

According to IBM, CEOs and CIOs agree on "how critical it is for today's public and private sector organizations to derive insight from the huge volumes of data being amassed across the enterprise, and turn those insights into competitive advantage with tangible business benefits."

IBM calls out that, "83 percent of CIOs have visionary plans that include business intelligence and analytics, followed by mobility solutions and virtualization." Cloud computing shot up in priority, selected by 45 percent more CIOs than the 2009 study.

Consumer world where books

In a consumer world where books, movies, and newspapers are no longer on our bookshelves however in our pockets and handbags, data is king. In a business world where acquisitions, partnerships, and alliances rule, information management is critical.

One key result of the study was that risk management and compliance was considered a top priority by 71% of CIOs in 2009. Today only 58% consider it important, during cloud computing and business process management gained in importance. It seems that CIOs are less concerned less about securing data and more concerned about leveraging it.

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