Gartner has revealed in a recent survey that 60% of Australia and New Zealand CIOs have no interest in blockchain technology.
Instead, the 2021 Gartner CIO Agenda survey revealed business intelligence and data analytics is on top of the list when it comes to technology priorities for Australian and New Zealand CIOs next year. This was followed by artificial intelligence and machine learning and investments for the digital workplace.
For two-thirds of the same group of CIOs, they expect investment in technology will increase in 2021, as budgets are expected to grow 1.9% on average.
Gartner added the same survey indicated that 60% of ANZ respondents believe the CIO and CEO relationship strengthened during the COVID-19 pandemic[1], with 70% reporting there was increased engagement with their CEO, especially ad hoc, informal interactions during the crisis.
At the same time, Gartner has forecast enterprise IT spending across all sectors in Australia will grow 3.6% and reach a total value of around AU$96 billion in 2021.
The prediction would be an uplift from an expected 2.8% decline in enterprise IT spending in 2020, Gartner said.
Breaking it down by sector, Gartner believes the banking and securities sector will be the biggest spender next year, predicting it will splash out just over AU$19 billion on enterprise IT.
This will be followed by the communications, media, and services sector at AU$18.5 billion, manufacturing and resources industry is predicted to spend AU$16 billion, followed by government at AU$13 billion.
The only sector that is expected to spend less next year than what it did on enterprise tech in 2020 is the utilities sector.
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Gartner also noted that given the transportation sector was negatively impacted by COVID-19 -- where