- Business productivity and cost reduction
- IT and business alignment (No 1 - 2008)
- Business agility and speed to market
- Business process re-engineering
- IT cost reduction
- IT reliability and efficiency
- IT strategic planning
- Revenue generating IT innovations
- Security and privacy
- CIO leadership role
The 2009 survey found that the top Application and Technology priority is
- Business intelligence
- Server virtualization
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
- Customer/corporate portals
- Enterprise application integration/management (EAI/EAM)
- Continuity planning/disaster recover