IBM today announced the results of a survey that it recently conducted with CIOs, CMOs, CTOs and decision makers across various industry verticals. According to the findings of the survey, 57% of enterprises are planning to invest in BYOD and mobile technology for their companies while 67.4% expressed personal interest in owning this technology. Almost 47% of the respondents perceived IT investments in big data, analytics and cloud as imperative.
Besides planning to invest in BYOD and mobile technology, 63% of the respondents from the survey believe that cloud computing is an area where they are likely to make their IT investments. Additionally, 53% of the leaders think that big data and analytics is the area which needs adaptation in a large scale.
Viral Gandhi from Cox and Kings said, “The next big thing in IT that we would like to leverage is this entire idea of Social Business. And as the CIO of my organization, I believe that the way to optimize this is through big data and analytics. What we have today is access to information, where we can connect with people and businesses with similar problems and look for solutions together.”
Satish Kotian, CIO, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd., added, “Data is indeed the basis of competition in this new era. The business will have competitive advantage from big data, and the insights from this data. Access to cloud infrastructures, mobile devices and social networks will also benefit businesses. This is also paving new ways of working for Enterprises in India – one that is flexible, innovative and collaborative.”
Furthemore the survey results also suggest that hardware optimization and virtualization is catching eyeballs with 42.9% interest from enterprises across India.
Additionally, 36.7% CIOs said they reap maximum benefits from the existing resources, while 44.9% CIOs believe in gradually building the field. They work towards a proper consensus amongst the team to be able to take effective business decision. 18.4% CIOs prefer change and are open to drastic reorganization in their company. According to the survey, 51% of the CIOs agreed to be keeping their ears to the ground by keeping themselves updated about the relevant information. They seek reference from past case histories, demos and proofs as well as constantly learning from people’s experiences in similar industries.
Considering new and challenging solutions without waiting for proofs, 26.5% CIOs are mostly eager to experiment while 22.5% of the surveyed CIOs are reaching out to people who have encountered similar problems and understanding the proven IT solutions deployed to overcome organizational problems. More than 51% CIOs are open to experimenting with new ideas followed by 40.8% who wants to stay methodological and 8.2% who wants to work as a silent team player.
