Gartner Poll Reveals Top CIO Priorities for 2022
Priorities—Every great tech leader needs to have them in order. Amid the need for multiple areas of focus, what are CIOs prioritizing in 2022? A Gartner Peer Insights poll takes the pulse on trends and sentiment from top CIOs.
Top highlights from the poll include:
- Most chief information officers (CIOs) are prioritizing hybrid work and cybersecurity in 2022, with digital enablement the top area of focus overall.
- Most CIOs plan to develop their leadership skills in 2022, and most believe that they will have a successful year from a professional point of view.
- The majority of CIOs don’t expect a change in the IT budget in 2022, though half of those who expect an increased budget anticipate an increase greater than 5%.
- The emerging technologies most CIOs will be implementing in 2022 are artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) and business intelligence (BI).
- Talent attrition and COVID-19-related disruption are the most widespread anticipated challenges.
Lots of great stuff there, but let’s look at the budget since inflation is going to be a big problem for most companies amid an almost certain economic slowdown this year. Most CIOs (59%) are not expecting an IT budget change in 2022, although 30% do expect an increase, compared to 10% who expect a decrease. Of those CIOs who do expect a budget increase in 2022, 50% expect an increase of greater than 5%.
“2022 will be a challenge from the point of view of budget restrictions,” one CIO told a discussion group on the Peer Insights platform. “High inflation can have a negative impact on the budget and plans,” said another.
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