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Corporate IT Forum Strategy Survey 2012New!
In 2012 corporate IT departments will play a critical role in the future success of the business.  Despite the challenging economic conditions, heads of corporate IT in Enterprise are upbeat about the prospects for the industry this year and see businesses turning to IT departments for innovative ways of using technology to do more with less.

The Consumerisation of Corporate IT is an inevitable process that has gained considerable momentum over the last two years. The introduction of these devices into the workplace began in earnest with the release of the iPad. Initially confined to the upper echelons of the organisation the tablet and smartphone have now become a common sight in business.


This survey highlights that IT Risk Management is a maturing area of the business as organisations endeavour to understand the current risk appetite of the business and the risk landscape.  As new strategies are put in place for the new year organisations are continuing to focus on cost cutting strategies and 'doing more with less' as budgets are continually squeezed and, in some sectors, frozen.

Enterprise Architecture will form an integral part of ongoing IT strategies in 2012.  This Reality Checker discusses the prevalence and maturity of EA frameworks and processes, benefits that organisations are realising and tools used successfully. 

Unified communications (UC) is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging, presence information, telephony (including IP telephony), video conferencing, with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging (integrated voicemail, e-mail, SMS and fax).  As employees demand ever more collaborative solutions and instant communication channels, ensuring that the best products are deployed is essential.


Service Management is a consistently popular topic amongst members of The Forum and was voted the second most important business strategy in the 2011 Corporate Strategy Survey.  This Reality Checker compares the maturity of Service Management from 2009 through to 2011.


With IT infrastructure becoming more complex, encompassing virtualisation and consumerisation within the workplace, it is clearly becoming more difficult for organisations to monitor what is being used where and on what.  Organisations have clearly stated their strategies and drivers with Asset Management in this latest Reality Checker.

As Social Media continues to grow in popularity how are corporates taking advantage and leveraging this new technology?


Standards and data are where organisations are focusing their efforts.


It's clear that there is no one size fits all model when it comes to provisioning devices to users.  More and more frequently devices are assigned on a role basis and as a result of the requirement of the work.  Read the results and find out how consumerised devices are impacting the corporate environment.


Cutting cost is a clear driver and goal for 2011


'Collaboration' as a capability is rising rapidly up both business and IT priority lists.


As IT departments are pushed to squeeze every available bang out of each buck, has Open Source finally become a readily available corporate solution?


Providing the European Commissioner with an insight into the views held by businesses and large public organisations as the primary customers of Cloud Computing.


Small margin between those experiencing and those not experiencing skills shortages.  Ensuring knowledge transfer within an outsourcer is still an issue.


Internet Explorer (IE) 6 and 7 continue to fall in usage with a noticeable increase in the usage of IE8.  Microsoft's newest offering - IE9 - has yet to make an impact.


Whilst ERP solutions are, for the majority, mature in use, both Business Intelligence (BI) and Management Information (MI) solutions are growing.  Read the full results here.


This latest Reality Checker reveals what models enterprise organisations are choosing, the areas being outsourced and where contracts are being awarded.


Both VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) and Application Presentation Server experience a noteworthy increase in implementations.  Read the full results for more information.


Cautiously comfortable, but not complacent...


The specific IT capabilities adopted suggest an ongoing level of virtualisation and certain cloud services becoming part of the 'business as usual' state.


A shift in priority for many with a call for a change in leadership.


Members of the Forum's Information Security Service were polled to understand whether the perceived threat landscape has changed as a result of the Stuxnet worm in July 2010.


Corporate IT in the UK is relatively buoyant going into 2011.


CIOs disclosed a more strategic view of organisations than IT staff as whole.


Public sector IT committed to cutting costs in 2011 in order to deliver better value.


Financial services set to tackle legacy systems in order to be more agile in 2011.


Manufacturing sector IT set for recovery in 2011.


Agility a key point for Pharmaceuticals in 2011.


Retail IT focused on organic growth in 2011.


IT in utilities companies determined to cut costs in 2011.


A number of Enterprise Architecture frameworks and methodologies have been developed. Understand how these used in practice and whether their influence spreads outside the Enterprise Architecture department into the wider IT community.


Which version do you run and what is your upgrade strategy?


Adapting or blending ITIL and other framework components to create a mix more relevant to your business requirements.


Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn - which flavours do you allow?


Being able to access both your personal and corporate worlds from one device is something the next generation of employees is starting to demand.


Is the business planning on migrating to Windows 7?


Asset Management is an ongoing challenge amongst the Forum's membership. Without it, cost cutting is not measurable and audits a painful near impossible endeavour.


The creation of new models and channels, the adoption of new ways of doing things or new technologies.


With the continued appetite for Windows 7, has Vista faded into the background?


Open Source Software has been discussed periodically over the years as it comes in and out of fashion.

 

Over the last couple of years the Forum has sporadically discussed sustainable IT and various green strategies and issues that impact our members.

 


Many organisations outsource certain areas of IT and the Business from time to time as skills are lost or gained and where costs can be reduced or efficiencies made. Knowing what works well in an outsourced environment can be half the battle.

Whether a waterfall or more iterative approach is better for development projects is a debate that can be argued passionately from both sides with no obvious winner.

This is the second iteration of the e‐Crime survey from the Corporate IT Forum's Information ecurity Service. The 2009 survey was designed to find out if e‐Crime against corporate Britain was on the rise and, if so, what the incidents were and what was the nature and extent of reporting to the police.

Members researching a virtual environment.

How mature are your organisation's processes?

With the recent roll out of IE8, the imminent release of Windows 7 and the rumours surrounding Midori (Windows 8) how has the corporate appetite for upgrades changed? Has there been a major shift to IE7 and Vista as the press has hyped and is there still a place for IE5 or Windows 2000?

Coined in reference to the move of voice from the PBX to an IP network; Unified Communications (UC) now encompasses all forms of communication from presence through to email, messaging and mobile. Analysts and strategists have claimed that effective UC implementations can dramatically change enterprise productivity and efficiencies, but that poor implementations could 'be disruptive instead of productive'.

Virtualization has become common place within the IT departments of the Forum’s members; its approach is fast spreading to other areas away from the initial rush over server virtualization. Now storage, network and application virtualization is becoming widespread.

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