The publication asked 875 IT leaders and 251 line-of-business participants: “Which of the following activities best characterize your focus and how you spend your time in your current role?” Here are their responses from the 2024 State of the CIO survey:
1. Security management: 50%
2. Improving IT operations/systems performance: 41%
3. Aligning IT initiatives with business goals: 36%
Modernizing infrastructure and applications: 36%
5. Cost control/expense management: 31%
Driving business innovation: 31%
7. Leading change efforts: 28%
8. Cultivating the IT/business partnership: 26%
9. Redesigning business processes: 25%
Managing IT crises: 25%
11. Developing and refining business strategy: 24%
12. Negotiating with IT vendors: 23%
13. Identifying opportunities for competitive differentiation: 18%
14. Studying market trends/customer needs to identify opportunities: 16%
15. Developing new go-to-market strategies and technologies: 13%
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