Key Issues for IT Executives 2011: Cautious Optimism in Uncertain Economic Times

With the economy still unsettled, IT continues to be quite resilient. IT budgets, hiring, and salaries are rising closer to levels that preceded the recession. Nevertheless, the skies still haven’t completely cleared and the economy continues to pose new challenges to organizations, and to cause some shifts in IT priorities. The data suggests that IT organizations are working aggressively and closely with their business partners to identify opportunities to improve business productivity, reduce business expenses via business process re-engineering, and increase business agility and speed-to-market.