Research carried out by industry analyst Gartner predicted that IT budgets will remain flat in 2010 but stressed the need for IT departments to demonstrate that they can generate value in times of recovery as well as save money in a recession.
Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research for Gartner Executive Programmes, explained: 'CIOs see 2010 as an opportunity to accelerate IT's transition from a support function to strategic contributor focused on innovation and competitive advantage.'
The organisation also said that the top technology priorities for the next 12 months are likely to be virtualisation, cloud computing, web 2.0, networking, voice and data communications, business intelligence and mobile technologies.
Recently, Gartner predicted that 20 per cent of companies will not own any IT assets by 2012, due to increased use of technologies such as cloud-enabled services and virtualisation.
Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research for Gartner Executive Programmes, explained: 'CIOs see 2010 as an opportunity to accelerate IT's transition from a support function to strategic contributor focused on innovation and competitive advantage.'
The organisation also said that the top technology priorities for the next 12 months are likely to be virtualisation, cloud computing, web 2.0, networking, voice and data communications, business intelligence and mobile technologies.
Recently, Gartner predicted that 20 per cent of companies will not own any IT assets by 2012, due to increased use of technologies such as cloud-enabled services and virtualisation.
