Computerworld Forecast Study 2014

Purpose & Methodology

Survey Sample
Audience Base Computerworld.com, select domestic Computerworld subscribers, as well as members of Computerworld's Inner Circle Research Panel

Survey Method
Collection Number of Questions Online Questionnaire 34 (incl. demographics)

Survey Goal
The goal of the study was to determine IT priorities for 2014 in areas such as spending, staffing and technology.

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Source: Computerworld 2014 Forecast Study

IT Focused on Business Priorities

Containing costs Optimizing and automating business processes Optimizing existing investments 36 % 35 % 34 % 48 % 45 % 59 % 55 % 65 %

Accelerating business process and agility

Improving collaboration with business Enhancing competitiveness Growing revenue Growing market share 22 %

29 % 33 % 25 % 19 % 19 % 18 % 15 % 34 %

41 %

Attracting new talent

Getting better acquainted with customers Other

31 %

3% 5%

2014

2013

Q: Which of these are BUSINESS PRIORITIES for the IT department in the next 12 months?

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Source: Computerworld 2014 Forecast Study

IT Budgets Stable

Q: What changes do you expect in your organizations IT budget in the next 12 months? AND Q. Will your overall budget increas e, decrease or remain the same in the next 12 months compared to the past 12 months?

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Source: Computerworld 2014 Forecast Study

Application Development & Cloud: Current IT Priorities

Application development upgrades or replacement
Cloud computing Software on-premises Security technologies Virtualization Disaster recovery/continuity planning Data center consolidation/optimization Business analytics Wireless/mobile Hardware Unified communications IT/network services management

1 2 3 7% 7% 7% 6% 5% 5% 11% 14%

15%

4% 3% 3% 3%
2% 1% 1% 5%

Storage
Data management Collaboration tools/social media Energy-saving or carbon-reducing technologies Other

Q: What is the single most important technology project that your IT department is working on right now?

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Source: Computerworld 2014 Forecast Study

Contract Labor Budgets and Employee Headcounts Steady

CONTRACT LABOR CHANGES IT EMPLOYEE HEADCOUNT CHANGES

Q: Will the percentage of your budget allocated for contract labor increase, decrease, or remain the same in the next 12 months? AND Q: What changes do you expect in your IT employee headcount in the next 12 months?

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Most In-Demand Skillset Challenging to Find

WHICH TYPE OF SKILLS WILL YOU BE HIRING IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS? Programming/application development Help desk/technical support

32%

49 % 37 % 31 % 27 % 14% 25 % 24 % 14% 21 % 18 % 14% 15 % 15 % 15 % 13 % 1 2 13 % 3 4 11 %

Networking
Mobile applications and device management Project management Database administration Security/compliance/governance Business intelligence/analytics Cloud/SaaS Virtualization Big data Storage administration Telecommunications Data Center Other new titles or skills

17%

21%

Ranked in order of most difficult to hire

3%

Q: If you expect your IT employee headcount to increase, for which types of skills will you be hiring in the next 12 months? Q: Which of these skills do you expect it will be MOST difficult to hire for? [Among respondents who expect an increase in IT employee headcount in the next 12 months]

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Source: Computerworld 2014 Forecast Study

For more information

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

2013 COMPUTERWORLD

Source: Computerworld 2014 Forecast Study