Base = 727 respondents (numbers do not add up to 100% due to rounding)
The most represented:
Texas 8
New York 7
Georgia 7
District of Columbia 7
The Premier 100 represent 30 states.
PEOPLE POWER
More than half of the 2007 IT leaders oversaw staffing growth within their departments this past year:
59% increased their staff size in the past year
8% decreased their staff size in the past year
30% had no change in their staffing size
Average size of IT staff: 2,566
Average size of IT staff for which each honoree is responsible: 1,489
WHAT THEY SPEND
Total IT Budget for 2007
$2 million to $4.9 million - 4%
$10 million to $49.9 million - 25%
$50 million to $100 million - 17%
$100 million to $249.9 million - 20%
$250 million to $499.9 million - 12%
$500 million to $999.9 million - 5%
$1 billion to $1.5 billion - 8%
Greater than $1.5 billion - 6%
Dont know - 3%
Well over half of the 2007 IT leaders had charge of IT budgets that grew year to year, on average, by 13%.
IT Budget Change in 2006
13% Decreased
65% Increased
22% Remained the same
VENDOR TEAMING
This years Premier 100 IT Leaders work with some of the biggest players in the industry. Here are their top 10 strategic partners or vendors:
IBM
Microsoft Corp.
Oracle Corp.
Cisco Systems Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Dell Inc.
SAP AG
Sun Microsystems Inc.
AT&T
EMC Corp.
TOP PRIORITIES
IT leaders identified the most critical technologies that will receive funding priority at their companies in 2007:
Application development and other software
Data management and business intelligence
Security tools
IT and network infrastructure
E-business software
Disaster recovery and continuity planning
Content management tools, including intranets, extranets and portals
Wireless and mobile technology
Storage networks
PIPELINE PROJECTS
Data management and IT governance projects top their lists of initiatives for 2007. Other projects on the Premier 100 IT Leaders to-do lists include the following:
Data management, including data warehousing, business intelligence and data centers
IT governance, including strategy and planning
Systems integration, consolidation and upgrades
Vertical industry-specific projects
Infrastructure and systems management
Enterprise resource planning
Security iniatives
Mobile and wireless technologies, including RFID
On-demand computing and virtualization
CRM
STICKING POINTS
IT leaders identified the top challenges theyre facing right now:
Cost cuts, tight budgets
Staffing issues, such as recruitment, skills shortages, staff development
Change management issues, including cultural change
