A recent survey conducted by IBM India, with CIOs, CMOs, CTOs and other decision-makers across various verticals, indicates that about 57 per cent of enterprises are planning to invest in BYOD and Mobile Technology for their companies while 67.4 per cent expressed personal interest in owning this technology. Almost 47 per cent of the respondents perceived IT investments in big data, analytics and cloud as imperative.
India has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years due to the surge in the number of enterprises. The massive surge of data flowing in the market gives an opportunity to these enterprises who want to use it for a better overall experience to both businesses and customers. IBM has been working with enterprises to provide them advanced software solutions, technologies and services, to aid their business growth. Today, there is a need to provide compute capability of any kind in a secure and easy way by putting all infrastructures in one place which reduces costs and increases efficiency for the enterprises and IBM wants to understand and partner them in their requirement.
Besides planning to invest in BYOD and mobile technology, 63 per cent of the respondents from the survey believed that cloud computing is an area where they are likely to make their IT investments. Additionally, 53 per cent of the leaders think that big data and analytics is the area which needs adaptation in a large scale.
Enclosed are the detailed findings of the Survey:
BYOD and Mobile Technology is next wave for CIOs
Interesting to read ? 57 per cent of enterprises are planning to invest in BYOD and mobile technology for their companies followed by 46.9 per cent each in cloud computing and big data analytics. hardware optimization and virtualization is catching eyeballs with 42.9 per cent interest of enterprises across India.67.4 per cent CIOs have expressed personal interest in owning BYOD and other mobile technologies Cloud Computing has shown interest to 63.3 per cent CIOs followed by 53.1 per cent CIOs, likely to own data analytics.
Collaborative decision-making
36.7 per cent CIOs said they reap maximum benefits from the existing resources, while 44.9 per cent CIOs believe in gradually building the field. They work towards a proper consensus amongst the team to be able to take effective business decision. 18.4 per cent CIOs prefer change and are open to drastic reorganisation in their company.
CIOs are more aggressive and informative ? to keep pace with the market, 51 per cent CIOs keeps ears to the ground by keeping themselves updated about the relevant information. They seek reference from past case histories, demos and proofs as well as constantly learning from people’s experiences in similar industries. Considering new and challenging solutions without waiting for proofs, 26.5 per cent CIOs are mostly eager to experiment while 22.5 per cent CIOs are reaching out to people who have encountered similar problems and understanding the proven IT solutions deployed to overcome organisational problems.
Ideation is the next business wave
More than 51 per cent CIOs are open to experimenting with new ideas followed by 40.8 per cent who wants to stay methodological and 8.2 per cent who wants to work as a silent team player.
Detailing and Collaboration is important
51 per cent CIOs believe in perfection hence wants their team to be collaborative and goes for a detailed orientation, 38 per cent CIOs believes wants their team to be courageous and insightful. 10 per cent CIOs prefer to work with a calculative and balanced team.
