Report 11 Apr 2022

CxO Survey - Investment Priorities - Public Sector and Utilities - InSight Analysis - Worldwide

In order to provide guidance against a highly dynamic IT landscape, PAC conducted the 2021/22 edition of its annual ‘SITSI® CxO Investment Survey’, interviewing IT decision-makers in user companies covering PAC’s SITSI core markets to get their views on current IT trends, key requirements, and investment plans. The survey was conducted in October/November 2021.

This report presents and discusses the key results of the study for the public and utilities sectors.

In the public and utilities sectors, 460 companies participated in the survey. The interviews were conducted with IT department managers and line-of-business managers who are involved in decisions concerning (local) IT budgets, IT investments, or IT sourcing. The survey sample was made up of companies of different sizes from all over the world.

Contents:

PAC’s Analysis

  • Management summary
  • PAC’s opinion
  • PAC’s recommendations 

Challenges, IT Budget & Activities at a Glance

  • Economic and IT challenges
  • IT budget
  • IT spending and projects

Focus on Innovative IT Topics

  • Cloud computing
  • Business application software (BAS) and related services
  • Cyber security
  • Artificial intelligence, BI & analytics
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Digital customer experience

This report is accompanied by the Excel document “CxO Survey – Investment Priorities – Public Sector and Utilities – Detailed Datamart – Worldwide”, which contains the detailed findings from the survey for the public and utilities sectors, broken down by company size and by sub-sector.