CIOs will be expected to do more with less once again in 2012, according to a new study from research firm Gartner, Inc.'s Executive Programs. The 2012 Gartner CIO Agenda Survey gathered responses from 2,335 CIOs, representing more than $321 billion in CIO IT budgets and covering 37 industries in 45 countries, during the fourth quarter of 2011. The survey finds that CIOs view technologies like analytics/business intelligence, mobility, cloud and social networking as a way to address business priorities, and changing the customer experience is a main priority.

Present economic conditions may tempt CIOs to force IT back into cost-cutting mode, but senior executives expect technology (and this includes IT) to address the tough challenges by amplifying enterprise strategies and operations.

One areas CIOs may not cut costs is in the areas of analytics/business intelligence, mobility, cloud  and social technologies. In fact, BI and analytics was the top-ranked technology for 2012, Gartner reports, as CIOs are combining analytics with other technologies to create new capabilities. For example, analytics plus supply chain for process management and improvement, analytics plus mobility for field sales and operations, and analytics plus social networking for customer engagement and acquisition.

source: Gartner's 2012 CIO Agenda Survey

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