| IBM and CIO Insights have recently conducted surveys | | | | not see a huge increase in IT spending, as budgets are |
| with CIOs regarding their top priorities for 2010. Top | | | | still tight. The largest increase spending in IT will happen |
| Analysts from Gartner gave their opinion about IT | | | | in health care, utilities and government. |
| budgets and IT spending for 2010 and beyond. The | | | | The 2010 CIO spending budget is therefore done on |
| IBM study revealed that Business Intelligence and | | | | the background of the worst year ever in the IT |
| Analytics are the top priorities for more than 83% of all | | | | industry. 2010 is about balancing cost, risk and growth. |
| interviewed CIOs. The CIO Insights survey show | | | | IT has to be prepared to carefully plan for growth. So |
| business productivity, cost reduction and IT/Business | | | | CIOs are facing a dilemma: How can they reduce cost |
| Alignment as top priorities. According to Peter | | | | while improving services? How can they balance the |
| Sondergaad, VP Research, Gartner, 2009 was the | | | | need to influence business strategies with the need to |
| most challenging and interesting year for CIOs. He | | | | provide top notch IT support? |
| quotes "The IT market is exiting its worst year ever". | | | | Using information technology to produce greater |
| In 2009 enterprise IT spending will end up to be 2,3 | | | | business value is vital, bundled with an ongoing focus |
| trillion dollars compared with 2,5 trillion dollars in 2008. | | | | on lower cost and higher efficiency. This is why an |
| Spending has actually declined in all markets, so CIOs | | | | improved business intelligence solution combined with a |
| have saved across hardware, software, | | | | great analytics tool with excellent visualization is so |
| telecommunication services and IT services. 2010 will | | | | important. |