2014 Survey Roundup: What CIOs Are Thinking

Michael R. Wood is a Business Process Improvement & IT Strategist Independent Consultant. He is creator of the business process-improvement methodology called HELIX and founder of The Natural Intelligence Group, a strategy, process improvement and technology consulting company. He is also a CPA, has served as an Adjunct Professor in Pepperdine's Management MBA program, an Associate Professor at California Lutheran University, and on the boards of numerous professional organizations. Mr. Wood is a sought after presenter of HELIX workshops and seminars in both the U.S. and Europe.

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Once again it is time to recap IT-related surveys, with an eye on those that should be of interest to CIOs. Last year, you might recall that the following surveys made it to the recap:

1. IT Spending: Gartner’s “Worldwide Government IT Spending Priorities Survey”
2. Data Centers: Uptime Institute’s “Third Annual Data Center Industry Survey”
3. Cloud Computing: North Bridge Venture Partners and GigaOM Research’s “2013 Future of Cloud Computing 3rd Annual Survey”
4. BYOD: Dell’s “Global BYOD Survey”
5. IT Salaries: JANCO’s “2013 Mid-Year IT Salary Survey”
6. Security: Lieberman Software's “2013 Information Security Survey”

This year, the surveys and studies that made the cut include:

1. 2014 CIO Agenda by Gartner – How 2,339 CIOs spanning 77 countries representing over $300 billion in IT spending see the issues and challenges presented by the onslaught of digital opportunities and threats.
2. State of the CIO 2014 by CIO.com – Explores the “Great Schism” revealed between tradition CIOs and those with a more digital focus in a survey that touched over 700 CIOs.
3. Research: 2014 Strategic CIO Priorities by Information Week – What the 155 IT executives surveyed see as their greatest challenges for 2014 and …

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