More than half of chief information officers (CIOs) have put service oriented architecture (SOA) into their 2008 budgets as well as virtualisation, the latest CIO management survey by IDC has revealed.
In 2008, CIO investment dollars will focus on improving internal business/technology processes, business reporting and information management, infrastructure and communicating with partners, suppliers and customers.
IDC's survey revealed the top-ten technologies or management disciplines to be in use by CIOs by 2009 as: SOA, 141pc; radio frequency ID Tags – 122pc; voice over internet protocol – 97pc; IT services quality certification – 86pc; virtualisation – 75pc; storage over internet protocol – 72pc; sales force automation tools and marketing management – 66pc; Information Technology Library – 65pc; document management – 63pc; online exchanges/marketplaces/portals – 63pc.
