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Collaboration and Integration 2008
A collection of research from Eos Solutions and IT industry analysts to help you learn from your peers.
When facing new technology decisions, or agonising over how to divide finite resources between seemingly infinite requirements, it can often pay to remember that the wheel has been invented for quite some time now. Taking time to compare your IT directions and priorities against others within your field might just be an extremely rewarding and educational experience.
You can benefit through benchmarking against others in your field by:
- Gaining a greater understand industry trends and best practices in IT;
- Developing an appreciation of your company’s position within the industry or sector; and
- Obtaining a basis for review and setting new goals to remain competitive.
IT Analysts around the globe have produced volumes of reports on IT performance, best practice, priorities and futures, but in order to better align our company with the needs of our Australian mid-market customers, Eos Solutions was curious to learn how global IT trends, particularly around collaboration and integration, affected the Australian market. We also wanted to dig deeper into questions such as “what are the business priorities and challenges facing IT Managers today?” and “what key technologies are Australian organisations most likely to be investing in over the coming year?”.
Eos Solutions’ 2008 Customer Survey was conducted earlier this year to address these questions and more. We’re pleased to make an extract of these findings available to our customers, together with a collection of our research across the IT industry as a whole, for assistance in performance benchmarking and strategic IT planning.
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Information Technology for the Mid-Market Why integration & collaboration spell big opportunity for IT Managers |
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Following global research by IBM among C-level executives, IBM Premier Business Partner Eos Solutions approached CIO’s and IT Managers within its Australian mid-market customers to better understand the priorities and challenges driving IT decision making in 2008.
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Important Links
IBM CIO Interaction Channel
Catalyst for change. Expert on what's possible. Guru of risk management. These are some of the many roles CIOs will play in the Enterprise of the Future, a vision outlined in 2008 IBM Global CEO Study. What does this new CEO agenda mean to CIOs? To learn more, visit the CIO Interaction Channel and download featured reports including “CIOs as Masters of Change” and “Convergent Thinking among the C-suite” (registration required).
Priorities of IT Executives
ComputerWorld asked IT professionals about the most important technlogies and purchase plans in the Summer of 2007. Research accessed via the IDG Knowledge Hub.
IT Management Study
ComputerWorld surveyed almost 900 IT professionals across small-medium-large businesses in 2007. Learn the similarities and differences in the findings based on company size. Research accessed via the IDG Knowledge Hub.
Management Applications
ComputerWorld surveyed several hundred of its IT panelists who are responsible for enterprise software management. They revealed the top issues, the importance of open source and SOA, and purchase intentions. Research accessed via the IDG Knowledge Hub.
State of the CIO
CIO, in conjunction with its CIO Executive Council, questioned almost 550 IT executives regarding their roles, responsibilities, organizations and key job activities. Among the findings were that transformation and alignment are a primary focus and the CIOs spend on average 11% of their time with vendors. Research accessed via the IDG Knowledge Hub.
More Information
Read more about Collaboration and Integration solutions available for IT Executives.
