CIOs and IT leaders must take action to accelerate time to value and drive top- and bottom-line financial impacts from digital investments, according to Gartner’s annual global survey of CIOs and technology executives.
The 2023 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey gathered data from 2 203 CIO respondents in 81 countries and all major industries, representing approximately $15-trillion in revenue/public-sector budgets and $322-billion in IT spending. In EMEA, 780 CIOs participated in the survey from 51 countries and all major industries, representing nearly $5,9-trillion in revenue and $78-billion in IT spending.
In addition, the survey revealed that EMEA CIOs’ business priorities for the remainder of 2022 and next year are growth and digital transformation. CIOs’ top areas of increased spending in 2023 include cyber and information security , business intelligence/data analytics and cloud platforms . However, just 34% are increasing investment in artificial intelligence and 24% in hyperautomation.