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BUSINESSES UNEQUIVOCAL THAT TECHNOLOGY WARRANTS ITS PLACE IN BOARDROOM DISCUSSIONS
Pure Storage research has revealed that only a quarter of IT leaders are actually excited by the technology itself and instead are spurred on to invoke positive business change and further ROI . We take a look at some of technologists ’ top priorities for the next 12 months .
Pure Storage , an IT pioneer that delivers Storageas-a-Service ( SaaS ) in a multi-cloud world , has announced findings from a European study of IT leaders , revealing how the pandemic has caused a seismic perception shift of IT within organisations and given technology leaders a superior strategic voice within the business .
The research suggests substantial improvements have been made among UK leaders over the last 12 months .
The research , based on interviews with 504 IT leaders across Europe , including 100 from the UK , looks at the motivations of IT leaders , the progress made in the last year and how their priorities are shifting . the last 12 months , 56 % state their excitement in IT having a strategic voice within the organisation and over half ( 52 %) are driven by the direct link between technology changes and business outcomes .
With so many businesses realising how essential data is in powering their success , it follows that 87 % of UK IT leaders are proud of the impact they ’ ve made over the last year . In fact , 57 % are motivated by the knowledge that IT has proven its value over
Surprisingly , only one in four ( 26 %) say that it is the technology itself that excites and motivates them , suggesting that increasingly , they are focused on innovating , adding value to their organisations and supporting Digital Transformation .
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