UK IT departments are confident about the delivery of their
projects over the next 12 months despite the economic challenges
ahead, according to a survey of 500 firms from
Cisco.
The research investigated the key IT objectives being set by
businesses and assessed the challenges ahead in achieving those
goals.
The study identifies "reality gaps" between aspirational goals
and the ability to achieve objectives, by exploring the IT
departments' alignment with overall business performance, and the
concerns expressed by IT professionals in achieving their
goals.
The findings show high levels of confidence from corporate IT
departments, with 68% of organisations confident of meeting their
goals in 2009.
The survey found that the biggest "reality gaps" in IT strategy
are in core infrastructure areas such as network performance and
network security.
Businesses are also placing a high priority on increasing
productivity by deploying systems such as unified communications
and next-generation applications such as video, said Cisco.