Business managers are preventing IT directors
fromimplementing a cohesive IT strategy,
by putting them under excessive pressure, a survey forHewlett-Packardhas
found.
The survey of 234 in-depth senior business and IT
decision-makers from companies with more than 1000 employees across
the UK, France, Germany and Italy found that middle managers in
many companies were exerting more control than ever before over the
IT decisions made within their individual departments.
The survey, conducted by A Penn, Schoen & Berland
Associates, found 82% of respondents felt too many stakeholders and
influencers, including external consultants, prevented businesses
from having a coherent applications strategy. 76% of companies
surveyed admitted to lacking an effective applications strategy,
despite the fact that 94% recognised that successful, leading
companies have a clear and common applications strategy.
David Concordel, director of marketing & strategy at HP
Services EMEA, said, "With more stakeholders involved in IT
decision-making it is more critical than ever for the CIO to lead
and develop an applications strategy."
According to HP, the role of the CIO in leading IT strategy
within an organisation would increasingly become more crucial in
ensuring enterprises avoid chaos in the future.