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New IBM Study Highlights Analytics as Top Priority for Today’s CIO

IBM Study — “The New Voice of the CIO” — Shows CIOs are Trying to Standardize Routine Tasks, While Driving New Forms of Innovation and Growth

Press Release Source: IBM CorporationOn Thursday September 10, 2009

ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — A new global study of more than 2,500 Chief Information Officers (CIOs), released by IBM (NYSE: IBM) today, reveals that leveraging analytics to gain a competitive advantage and improve business decision-making is now the top priority for CIOs. More than four out of five (83 percent) survey respondents identified business intelligence and analytics – the ability to see patterns in vast amounts of data and extract actionable insights – as the way they will enhance their organizations’ competitiveness.

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September 21, 2009 Filed under: Musings by admin