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CIO operational priorities worldwide 2016-2018

Operational priorities of chief information officers (CIOs) worldwide between 2016 to 2018

The data illustrates the key priorities chief information officers are expected to address worldwide, from 2016 to 2018. At that time, 62% of respondent CIOs said they were expected to deliver consistent and stable IT performance to the business.

Improving business processes 57 59 62
Delivering consistent and stable IT performance to the business 52 63 62
Increasing operational efficiencies 58 62 62
Saving costs 50 54 55
Enhancing the customer experience 55
Developing innovative new products and services 42 51 53
Improving cyber security 41 40 49
Delivering business intelligence/analytics 46 46 48
Improving efficiencies through automation 45
Managing operational risk and compliance 36 34 38
Driving revenue growth 40 40 38
Better engagement with customers/prospects 38 31 32
Dealing with regulations 31
Improving efficiencies through technology estate simplification 29
Improving time to market 26 23 24
Improving the success rates of projects 26 23 23
Improving insights & decision making through AI 23
Outperforming competitors with new business models 24 22 21
Enabling mobile commerce 19 19 19