Every year Computer Weekly publisher TechTarget conducts its IT priorities survey across its global network of technology websites, and this year we have broken out the results into several hot topics for readers.
Find out how IT professions are prioritising their workloads and budgets around cloud, networking, security, and disaster recovery.

The IT priorities online survey was conducted at the end of 2011, questioning over 2,000 worldwide IT managers with over 200 of those based in the UK. Read all the articles by clicking on the links below.
Cloud,
compliance and virtualisation top of the list for IT pros
TechTarget’s IT priorities survey finds IT managers place virtualisation,
cloud computing, and compliance at the top of their 2012 wish list.
IT managers top priorities not matching market
trends and emerging technologies
IT professionals are overlooking the impact of new technologies and trends, affecting their
business, because they continue to focus on IT concerns of the past.
2012
IT budgets under pressure for UK business
IT
budgets are predicted to remain flat, according to TechTarget’s survey of more than 2,000 IT
pros worldwide.
Why wireless
and IP telephony is important for UK networkers this year
Wireless networks and IP
telephony are forecasted to be implemented by a large number of UK users in 2012.
Mobility
implementations set to rise for networkers in 2012
UK businesses are rethinking their legacy tools to take advantage of users having access to
data and applications across several different kinds of devices. Read the results from TechTarget’s
IT priorities survey.
More TechTarget Survey Results
Enterprise IT cloud wish list for 2012
2012 IT priorities: Windows 7 migration, yes; cloud, not so much
IT salary satisfaction survey shows CIO salaries dipped in 2011
Virtualisation Decisions 2011 Purchasing Intentions Survey
Cloud
set to be big investment in networking industry this year
According to TechTarget’s UK survey, 30% of networking respondents pledged to spend their IT
budgets on cloud computing.
VM
backup and DR at forefront of the storage administrator’s mind in 2012
Virtual
machines and disaster recovery looking to be at the top of the priorities list for storage
professionals in 2012.
Changing priorities emerge in the IT
security sector
After TechTarget surveyed UK IT professionals, it was revealed that security
priorities are changing for IT managers in this country.
Business
intelligence to gain prominence in UK market, according to 2012 survey
The way in which corporate performance can be boosted through managing information will be a top
priority for the data
management professionals this year.
Other resources
- Data protection tops UK security investments in 2012
- Mobile devices set to become company policy
- 2012 IT Forecast
- Forecast: Providers aligning health IT strategy with needs, mandates
- IT spending for 2012 remains static
- Selling cloud services is 2012 priority, but providers still learning
- Enterprise IT cloud wish list for 2012
- Network technology trends for 2012: Network management
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This was first published in February 2012
