A survey* of CIOs worldwide from Brocade reveals the business impact of legacy infrastructures, and highlights the need for more innovative enterprise network solutions.
In the Brocade Global CIO Survey 2015, 75% of CIO respondents stated their network is an obstacle to achieving their organisation's goals. For almost a quarter of CIOs polled, it is a "significant" issue.
The continued rise of new technologies are responsible for a dramatic renaissance of the IT department. This has led to CIOs facing a range of challenges to contend with, and ultimately highlights a clear need for them to understand and embrace the opportunities offered by the New IP.
Ken Cheng, CTO and Senior VP of Corporate Development and Emerging Business for Brocade commented, "The role of IT is changing from being an administrator of infrastructure to becoming an enabler of the business -- driving innovation and new ways of working to revolutionise customer engagement and transactional processes. More than ever, the CIO has a critical role in advising the board and senior management on strategic business investments, but legacy infrastructure remains a major roadblock, prohibiting business agility and innovation. The New IP offers a way of addressing this, enabling business objectives to be met."
The survey, conducted by independent research agency Vanson Bourne, polled 200 CIOs across six countries. Topline findings include:
· CIOs are distracted by the business of keeping the lights on. Over half spend more than 50% time being reactive.
· CIOs' top concerns are security and fast deployment of and access to new applications and services, rather than big data and analytics, communication and collaboration, or compliance with regulations.
· The top two technology issues CIOs need to address are: operational platforms (Oracle, SAP), and data centre upgrades/expansion
· Forty percent of CIOs claim to be concerned about choosing the right vendors to deliver what the business is asking.
On the topic of cloud, the survey found:
· Cloud is a given (90% have some form of cloud within their organisation) but control of cloud acquisition is a different matter. Over one third of respondents state that cloud adoption without involvement from IT is not allowed but does or may happen anyway.
· CIOs concerns about non-authorised cloud include its (negative) impact on owned infrastructure performance, inability to manage the network and IT disputes with cloud providers. These are more likely to be worries than security, compliance, poor SLAs, inability to access data or the cost to the business due to duplication of spending.
· Eight in 10 CIOs (83%) believe procurement of cloud services without IT engagement will increase.
· Eight in 10 CIOs (82%) admit this leads to fears about their job security, and one in five find such activities cause them extreme stress.
When questioned about what most worries them:
· Eight in 10 CIOs (79%) were worried about the delivery of new services to support business growth
· More than three-quarters of CIOs (77%) were concerned about delivering better analytics/data mining
· Over two-thirds of CIOs (68%) were worried about improving delivery of services, with the same percentage citing fast deployment of new applications as a significant concern
· Reducing operational expenses was a top concern for two-thirds (65%) of the respondents
Interested?
Read the Brocade Global CIO Survey 2015 Report
To learn about the New IP, view the Brocade Global CIO Survey 2015 interactive infographic
*Vanson Bourne conducted a series of in-depth interviews with 200 CIOs from China, France, Germany, Russia, UK and the US in late 2014 to understand the challenges a modern CIO faces in today's rapidly changing IT environments. All respondents work for organisations with more than 250 employees. Eight in 10 (81%) of respondents work for organisations that have between 500 and 5,000 employees.
In the Brocade Global CIO Survey 2015, 75% of CIO respondents stated their network is an obstacle to achieving their organisation's goals. For almost a quarter of CIOs polled, it is a "significant" issue.
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| Source: Brocade infographic. View the full infographic. |
The continued rise of new technologies are responsible for a dramatic renaissance of the IT department. This has led to CIOs facing a range of challenges to contend with, and ultimately highlights a clear need for them to understand and embrace the opportunities offered by the New IP.
Ken Cheng, CTO and Senior VP of Corporate Development and Emerging Business for Brocade commented, "The role of IT is changing from being an administrator of infrastructure to becoming an enabler of the business -- driving innovation and new ways of working to revolutionise customer engagement and transactional processes. More than ever, the CIO has a critical role in advising the board and senior management on strategic business investments, but legacy infrastructure remains a major roadblock, prohibiting business agility and innovation. The New IP offers a way of addressing this, enabling business objectives to be met."
The survey, conducted by independent research agency Vanson Bourne, polled 200 CIOs across six countries. Topline findings include:
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| Source: Brocade infographic. View the full infographic. |
· CIOs are distracted by the business of keeping the lights on. Over half spend more than 50% time being reactive.
· CIOs' top concerns are security and fast deployment of and access to new applications and services, rather than big data and analytics, communication and collaboration, or compliance with regulations.
· The top two technology issues CIOs need to address are: operational platforms (Oracle, SAP), and data centre upgrades/expansion
· Forty percent of CIOs claim to be concerned about choosing the right vendors to deliver what the business is asking.
 |
| Source: Brocade infographic. View the full infographic. |
On the topic of cloud, the survey found:
· Cloud is a given (90% have some form of cloud within their organisation) but control of cloud acquisition is a different matter. Over one third of respondents state that cloud adoption without involvement from IT is not allowed but does or may happen anyway.
· CIOs concerns about non-authorised cloud include its (negative) impact on owned infrastructure performance, inability to manage the network and IT disputes with cloud providers. These are more likely to be worries than security, compliance, poor SLAs, inability to access data or the cost to the business due to duplication of spending.
· Eight in 10 CIOs (83%) believe procurement of cloud services without IT engagement will increase.
· Eight in 10 CIOs (82%) admit this leads to fears about their job security, and one in five find such activities cause them extreme stress.
When questioned about what most worries them:
· Eight in 10 CIOs (79%) were worried about the delivery of new services to support business growth
· More than three-quarters of CIOs (77%) were concerned about delivering better analytics/data mining
· Over two-thirds of CIOs (68%) were worried about improving delivery of services, with the same percentage citing fast deployment of new applications as a significant concern
· Reducing operational expenses was a top concern for two-thirds (65%) of the respondents
Interested?
Read the Brocade Global CIO Survey 2015 Report
To learn about the New IP, view the Brocade Global CIO Survey 2015 interactive infographic
*Vanson Bourne conducted a series of in-depth interviews with 200 CIOs from China, France, Germany, Russia, UK and the US in late 2014 to understand the challenges a modern CIO faces in today's rapidly changing IT environments. All respondents work for organisations with more than 250 employees. Eight in 10 (81%) of respondents work for organisations that have between 500 and 5,000 employees.
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