2013 Navigating IT: Objectives and Obstacles

Purpose and Methodology

Survey Sample
Total Respondents Margin of Error Audience Base 416 IT decisionmakers +/- 4.8% InfoWorld.com

Survey Method
Collection Number of Questions Online Questionnaire 39 (incl. demographics)

Survey Goal
InfoWorlds Navigating IT Survey was conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the IT priorities and goals of the InfoWorld audience as well as how these priorities are impacting the structure of IT organizations.

Source: 2013 Navigating IT: Objectives & Obstacles, InfoWorld

Tech Innovators Lead Technology Adoption

Networking Security Mobility Application Development Servers Storage Virtualization

52%
51% 48%
SAY

81%
SAY
I am a driver of change and innovation at my organization.

45%

45%
45% 44%

82%
SAY
I play a leading role within internal project teams when my organization deploys emerging technology initiatives.

Q. Which options best describes your organizations adoption of new technologies within each of the areas listed below (innovator and early majority). AND Please rate your agreement with the following statements (strongly agree and somewhat agree).
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Source: 2013 Navigating IT: Objectives & Obstacles, InfoWorld

Tech Trends Impacting IT Landscape

45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0

39% 42% 36% 30% 41% 31% 2 2 22% 35% 33% Extremely concerned Moderately concerned Not at all concerned

23%

23%

19%

Security
45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0

Mobility

Cloud computing
44%

Big data

40% 44%

77%
SAY
My job involves identifying emerging technologies that can improve business performance at my organization before they have reached a widespread market adoption.

35%

34%

36%

17%

16%

16%

Application development

Social media / collaboration tools

Networking

Q. How concerned are you that the following technologies are changing the landscape of your IT organization over the next 12 months? AND Please rate your agreement with the following statements (strongly agree and somewhat agree).
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Source: 2013 Navigating IT: Objectives & Obstacles, InfoWorld

IT Investment Priorities
Security Networking Mobility Virtualization Servers Storage Business intelligence/analytics Enterprise applications Application development Cloud computing Data center Big Data Social media/collaboration tools

71% 49% 48% 46% 44% 42% 41% 41% 40% 39% 37% 31% 30% 28% 32% 36% 32% 28% 37% 38% 35% 34% 37% 33% 34%

22%

6% 13% 17%

71%
SAY
I play a leading role with vendors & technology partners when my organization deploys emerging technology initiatives.

21% 17% 19% 20% 23% 18% 24% 26% 36% 33% Not important

Critical/very important

Somewhat important

Q. How important are the following areas as IT investment priorities for your company over the next 12 months? AND Please rate your agreement with the following statements (strongly agree and somewhat agree).
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Source: 2013 Navigating IT: Objectives & Obstacles, InfoWorld

Involved in Multiple Stages of the Purchase Process

Determine the business need
53% 70% 63% 81% 77% 69% 72%

Determine requirement

Evaluate
68% 73% 72% 64% 35%

83%

Recommend and select vendors

Sell internally (e.g. outside of the IT team)

13%

25% 53%

Approve/Authorize
13% IT Executives IT Managers

31%

IT Professionals

Q. In which of the following ways are you involved in the purchase process for IT products and services?
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Source: 2013 Navigating IT: Objectives & Obstacles, InfoWorld

Learn More

For more information on this study contact Sue Yanovitch, VP of Marketing, at syanovitch@idgenterprise.com