Computerworld

Forecast Study
2017
IT Budgets Stay Consistent

Q1: What changes do you expect in your organizations IT budget in the next 12 months? AND Please indicate the percentage by which your IT budget will increase.

Source: Computerworld 2017 Forecast Study 2

Top Areas of Tech Spending Increases in 2017

Q: Please tell us about your organizations technology SPENDING plans in the next 12 months (percentages reflect increase in spending)
Q: Which skills do you expect it will be MOST difficult to hire for?

Source: Computerworld 2017 Forecast Study 3

Security Projects are Most Important to IT

Goals for Most Important Tech Project

To meet security, privacy or

compliance goals 19%

To increase productivity 19%

To improve customer
satisfaction/experience 17%
To generate new revenue streams
or increase existing ones 16%
To maintain or improve expected
service levels 16%

To cut costs 11%

Q: What is the single most important technology project that your IT department is working on right now? Select exactly one. Q: How would you describe the primary goal for your organizations
single most important technology project?

Source: Computerworld 2017 Forecast Study 4

Digital Transformation is Underway

We are 100% digital 11%

More than 50% 40%

Between 25% and 50% 27%

Less than 25% 22%

Q: What percentage of your organization has undergone digital transformation (defined as applying digital technologies to organizational, operational and business model innovation to create new
ways of operating and growing businesses)? Q: Please give a letter grade to your organizations efforts toward digital transformation.

Source: Computerworld 2017 Forecast Study 5

Greatest Impact Expected from Big Data/Analytics and Cloud/SaaS

Q: Which of these disruptive technologies is most likely to have an impact on your organization over the next three to five years?

Source: Computerworld 2017 Forecast Study 6

Increasing Headcount? Security Skillsets In-Demand & Hard to Find
WHICH TYPE OF SKILLS WILL YOU BE HIRING IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS?
SMB: 48%
ENT: 21%
Help desk/technical support 7% 35%
Programming/application development 16% 35% SMB: 28%
Web development 26% ENT: 43%
Business intelligence/analytics 14% 26%
Cloud/SaaS 26% SMB: 14%
Security/compliance/governance 25% 26% ENT: 39%
Big data 25%
Project management 25%
Database administration 25%
Mobile applications and device management 21%
Data center 19%
Business strategy 19%
IT architecture 19% SMB: 28%
Networking 18% Ent: 7%
Virtualization 18%
Server administration 16%
Storage administration 12% 1 2
Telecommunications 11% Ranked in order of
most difficult to hire
Marketing technology 9% 3 4
Vendor management 7%
Social business 4%
Other new skills 4%

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?
BASE: Expect IT head count to increase in the next 12 months

Source: Computerworld 2017 Forecast Study 7

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