IDG’s 2021 State of the CIO survey was conducted in the wake of 2020’s unprecedented business disruptions around the globe. The survey found that – among other impacts – the pandemic cemented the CIO’s strategic business role, as organizations turned to IT solutions to help them weather the huge increase in remote workforces and other associated dislocations.
Of the 812 IT leaders and 250 line of business participants surveyed, 82% said that new technologies, IT strategies, and methodologies formed the core of their organizations’ response to the pandemic.
