The 2018 CIO Tech Poll:

Economic Outlook
A global look at the internal and external
factors that cause IT investments to shift

Average annual IT budget:

$121 million
Over the next
12 months,
CIOs anticipate
their budget will:

Remain Don’t
Increase the same Decrease know

57 %
30 %
10 %
3 %

IT spending aligns with

keeping the lights on
for now...

66 %
solutions to
31 %
solutions for
maintain the growth and
business/ innovation
status quo tasks

But 88% of CIOs say that

their role is becoming
more digital and
 innovation focused 

Differences by global region:

70 % North
America
North
America 28 %

62 % Outside of
North America
Outside of
North America
34%

Technologies being invested in:

Security  71 %
of IT executives say their
organization is increasing
the percent of the IT budget
dedicated to security solutions

Blockchain 
64
of IT
%
40 %
say their
executives organization
have plans is actively
to use researching
blockchain blockchain

DevOps 
54 %
of IT executives use
DevOps in some part
of their business

Differences by global region:

61 % North
America
North
America 46 %

46 % Outside of
North America
Outside of
North America
32%

Which events are expected

to impact IT investments?
Threat of major information

83 % security breaches
81% North America
86% Non-North America

GDPR compliance/

62 % regulations
54% North America
70% Non-North America

Merger and acquisition activity

58 % in their own industry

58% North America
58% Non-North America

Changes in U.S. economic

56 % policy and status

65% North America
47% Non-North America

Changes in global

54 % trade policies
47% North America
61% Non-North America

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Source: 2018 CIO Tech Poll: Economic Outlook Research

IDG Communications, Inc.