CIO Tech Poll:

IT Economic Outlook
May 2016

IT Investments Leveling Off

54%
51%

53%

51%

52%

50%

48%

47%
47%

40%
32%

39%
34%
30%

33%
28%

28%

28%

42%
38%

31%

32%

38%

26%

29%
22%
16%

Dec. 2009

40%

April 2010

Aug. 2010

18%

Nov. 2010

20%

19%

23%

17%

17%

April 2011

Increase

Aug 2011

April 2012

Nov. 2012

June 2013

Remain the same

12%

12%

May 2014

May 2015

May 2016

Decrease

Q. Will your overall IT budget increase, decrease or remain the same in the next 12 months compared to the past 12 months?
Source: CIO IT Economic Outlook Study, Dec 2009 May 2016

Societal Factors Impacting Tech Spending

Q. How have the following events or trends impacted your organization's investment plans for technology products and services over the next 12 months?
Source: CIO IT Economic Outlook Study, May 2016

Bimodal IT Orgs Allocating More Dollars to Exploratory IT

View Organization
as Bimodal

Budget Allocation

Mode 2
("exploratory IT")

Mode 1
("traditional IT")

65%

21%

Increase

45%

Remain the Same

23%

6%

32%

Decrease

Q. Do you view your IT organization as "bimodal"? Will the percentage of your total IT budget allocated to Mode 1 ("traditional" IT)/Mode 2 ("exploratory" IT) increase, decrease or remain the same
in the next 12 months? (Base: bimodal IT organization)
Source: CIO IT Economic Outlook Study, May 2016

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