The State of the IT Organization

Conducted across the IDG Enterprise brands: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, ITworld and Network World

Purpose and Methodology

Survey Sample
Total Respondents Margin of Error Audience Base 696 +/- 3.7% CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, ITworld, and Network World sites, email, and LinkedIn forums.

Survey Method
Collection Number of Questions Online Questionnaire 35 (incl. demographics)

Survey Goal
To gain a better understanding of how senior IT and LOB leaders believe their IT organization will evolve to better meet business demands over the next few years.

Source: IDG Enterprise Future State of the IT Organization, 2013

METHODOLOGY

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CONCLUSION

DEMOGRAPHICS

Majority of Todays IT Orgs Centralized

Q: Which one of the following best describes how your companys IT organization is structured today? AND Q: In your opinion, is a [CENTRALIZED, FEDERATED, DECENTRALIZED approach the most appropriate IT model for your organization's current and future business requirements?
Source: IDG Enterprise Future State of the IT Organization, 2013

Focusing On Strategy Today & Tomorrow

Q: What are your organizations top 3 business objectives today? (Please select the top three) AND Q: What do you expect your organizations top 3 business objectives or requirements to be two years from now? (Please select the top three)
Source: IDG Enterprise Future State of the IT Organization, 2013

Business Acumen Required for IT Success

Q: Please pick the three characteristics that you feel are the most important for IT executives to embody to ensure the success of the IT organization today.
Source: IDG Enterprise Future State of the IT Organization, 2013

Staffing Needs Exceed Current Hiring

Business architect/analyst

31% 43% 31% 37% 29% 28% 24% 39% 22% 32% 21% 30% 16% 26% 13% 10% 11% 16% 5% 8% 26% 10%
<1000 1000+

Mobile app specialist

Social media architect/analyst

Cloud architect

Data architect

Analytics manager

Enterprise mobile developer

Marketing

Data scientist

Chief Listening Officer

None

Q: What new roles/job positions are being created within the IT organization that will be essential to its future success?
Source: IDG Enterprise Future State of the IT Organization, 2013

IT Increasingly Competes for LOB Customers

Q: Please rate (openly and honestly) how your IT staff views the LOB stakeholders for whom they develop and deliver services on the scale below. AND Q: Please rate (openly and honestly) the view of your IT staff when it comes to competing and 'winning business' from LOB stakeholders on the scale below. Base: IT Title and/or Head of IT
Source: IDG Enterprise Future State of the IT Organization, 2013

One-Fourth of Respondents Would Rebuild IT

Information Technology Operations (manufacturing, logistics, store management) Marketing and communications 13% 27%

15%

Sales

9%

Human Resources

9%

Finance

8%

Other

3%

None

16%

Q: With no constraints, which part of your organization would you want to build from scratch?
Source: IDG Enterprise Future State of the IT Organization, 2013

Those Who Seek Change Favor Federated

Q: In your opinion, is a [INSERT RESPONSE FROM Q3] approach the most appropriate IT model for your organization's current and future business requirements? [ FUTURE ] AND Q: Which one of the following models do you think would be the best fit for your IT organization in the future? Base: Do not feel company's IT organization structure today is the most appropriate IT model for future business requirements AND Q: How likely is your IT organization to move to a [CENTRALIZED, FEDERATED, DECENTRALIZED] model over the next 2 years? Base: Mentioned a model as best fit for IT organization in the future.
Source: IDG Enterprise Future State of the IT Organization, 2013

Learn More

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

Source: 2013 IDG Enterprise Customer Engagement Research

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DEMOGRAPHICS