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• Why Gartner predicts 2.7 per cent rise in NZ tech spending for 2017

  Enterprise software is fastest growing category of spending, according to Gartner's latest worldwide IT spending forecast

• The Warehouse Group CIO reveals ‘why the best place for a business technologist is in retail’

  Through serendipity, all of Simon Kennedy’s career has been in retail - from selling sausages in London, through to global management consultant roles and now CIO.

• ​Gartner identifies 4 ways to build the office of the CDO

  There's no one correct way— its structure and strength depends on how it is used by the evolving organisation, says Gartner VP Mario Faria.

• Global public cloud services market to reach US$204B in 2016: Gartner

  IaaS remains fastest-growing segment, with cloud advertising also on the rise.

• The secrets of today's successful digital leaders

  Gartner unveils research on the digital forces and leadership levels to take ‘digital to the core’ of every business'.

• Staying relevant through digital disruption: Gartner

  The greatest challenge faced by enterprises dealing with digitalisation is the question of how they will stay relevant in response to big change and industry disruption.

• Why marketing is the CIO’s number one tool today

  Customer experience is no longer a nice to have, it’s become an imperative, says Nicole Crump of TactixICT. So what does this mean for CIOs and their teams?

• Why women CIOs expect bigger budget increases than their male counterparts in 2015

  They have the same tech priorities, but female CIOs are more risk-aware than male CIOs, reports Gartner.

• Gartner asks, are you meeting the needs of 'information citizens'?

  Lists steps to incorporate the needs of this growing group of consumers into the organisation’s information strategy
  

• The government CIO agenda: Flip from ‘legacy first’ to ‘digital first’

  "To demonstrate 'digital now, digital first' leadership in government, CIOs must flip their approach to managing IT from the inside-out perspective of legacy constraints to the outside-in view of citizen experience,” says Gartner research director Rick Howard.

• Global IT spend to reach US$3.8 trillion, up 3.2 per cent from 2013: Gartner

  New Zealand’s total IT spend is forecast to reach NZ$11.1 billion, up by 1.7 per cent

• CIOs unprepared for the ‘digital dragon’

  CIOs overwhelmed by the prospect of building digital leadership while renovating core IT infrastructure and capability for the digital future, reports Gartner.

• Eight critical forces shaping datacentre strategy

  Gartner lists areas to consider when developing a strategy that balances cost, risk and agility.