TRENDING
HALF OF EMEA CIOs
PARTICIPATING IN A
‘DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM’
CIOs in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) are
clearly engaging with the era of digital business, with
50% participating in a digital ecosystem* and 65%
contacting startups to acquire key digital technology
capabilities and skills, according to Gartner’s annual
CIO survey.´
G
artner analysts presented
these findings during Gartner
Symposium/ITxpo, which is
taking place here through Thursday.
The 2017 Gartner CIO Agenda
Survey gathered data from 2,598
CIO respondents in 93 countries and
all major industries, representing
approximately $9.4 trillion in revenue/
public-sector budgets and $292 billion in
IT spending. 753 CIO respondents were
from the EMEA region.
“EMEA CIOs expect their enterprise IT
budget to increase 1.4%, on average,
in 2017 — the smallest increase of any
of the world’s regions — but, despite
this, spending on digitalisation in EMEA
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is on the rise,” said Andy Rowsell-Jones,
research vice president at Gartner.
“EMEA CIOs are spending an average of
19% of their enterprise IT budget on
digital initiatives, a figure set to increase
to 29% in 2018. Their investments in
digitalisation include key technologies
for traditional digital marketing and
digital sales channels, advanced
analytics, the Internet of Things,
enhanced digital security solutions,
and business algorithms and learning
machines.”
A digital ecosystem rises
“Digitalisation is maturing, and as it
does, it’s likely that organisations which
are investing in digital business will
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