Why It’s Important to Know What’s Troubling CIOs
Why It’s Important to Know What’s Troubling CIOs
By Michael Vizard
How CIOs Spend Their Time
More than half spend more than 50% of their time reactively—with network downtime/availability as one of the most likely causes of unexpected disruptions. Half of CIOs lose around 1,000 working hours a year reacting to unexpected problems.
Top CIO Concerns
IT security and fast deployment of and access to new applications and services are their top two concerns. A full 79% are worried about the delivery of new services to support business growth.
Top CIO Technology Issues
Operational platforms (such as those Oracle and SAP), data center upgrade/expansion, virtual, security and network upgrade/expansion top the list. A full 75% said the network is an issue that affects their organizations’ ability to achieve business goals.
Focus on Cost Reduction
Reducing organizations’ operational expenses was a top concern for 65% of the respondents; 40% of CIOs claim to be concerned about choosing the right vendors.
Big Data Analytics Investments
77% were concerned about delivering better analytics/data mining as the business begins to rely on data to drive business decisions.
Shadow IT Challenges
More than one-third said cloud adoption without involvement from IT is not allowed, but does or may happen anyway. What’s more, 83% of CIOs believe procurement of cloud services without IT engagement will increase.
The Real Trouble With Shadow IT
CIOs’ concerns about non-authorized clouds include the negative effect on owned infrastructure performance, the inability to manage the network and IT disputes with cloud providers. More than half fear losing the ability to control/mitigate the IT actions of the business unit leaders.
The CIO Fear Factor
82% expressed fears about their job security, and 20% said cloud computing purchases outside their control cause extreme stress. Meanwhile, 90% report having made some level of cloud investment already.