IT Best Practices and Trends Survey

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* 1. Do you manage IT in your company, or does IT report to you?

Yes

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* 2. What types of IT systems do you currently have at your company?

Computers/hardware/software

Accounting/Financial Management

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

Budgeting/Forecasting/Corporate Performance Management Software

Applications such as CRM and Web Portal Development Tools

Backoffice solutions (Word processing, spreadsheets, etc.)

Business Intelligence Software

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Please rank the following IT trends in order of importance (1 = least important, 5 = most important).

	1	2	3	4	5
Managing Human Resources	Managing Human Resources 1	Managing Human Resources 2	Managing Human Resources 3	Managing Human Resources 4	Managing Human Resources 5
Security/Data Security	Security/Data Security 1	Security/Data Security 2	Security/Data Security 3	Security/Data Security 4	Security/Data Security 5
Staff Training	Staff Training 1	Staff Training 2	Staff Training 3	Staff Training 4	Staff Training 5
Mobile technologies	Mobile technologies 1	Mobile technologies 2	Mobile technologies 3	Mobile technologies 4	Mobile technologies 5
Vendor management	Vendor management 1	Vendor management 2	Vendor management 3	Vendor management 4	Vendor management 5
Changing government regulations/laws	Changing government regulations/laws 1	Changing government regulations/laws 2	Changing government regulations/laws 3	Changing government regulations/laws 4	Changing government regulations/laws 5
Reporting, Analytics, KPIs, etc.	Reporting, Analytics, KPIs, etc. 1	Reporting, Analytics, KPIs, etc. 2	Reporting, Analytics, KPIs, etc. 3	Reporting, Analytics, KPIs, etc. 4	Reporting, Analytics, KPIs, etc. 5
Big Data, data management, etc.	Big Data, data management, etc. 1	Big Data, data management, etc. 2	Big Data, data management, etc. 3	Big Data, data management, etc. 4	Big Data, data management, etc. 5
Deploying Cloud software solutions	Deploying Cloud software solutions 1	Deploying Cloud software solutions 2	Deploying Cloud software solutions 3	Deploying Cloud software solutions 4	Deploying Cloud software solutions 5
Providing remote/virtual access	Providing remote/virtual access 1	Providing remote/virtual access 2	Providing remote/virtual access 3	Providing remote/virtual access 4	Providing remote/virtual access 5
Moving infrastructure to hosted or cloud solutions	Moving infrastructure to hosted or cloud solutions 1	Moving infrastructure to hosted or cloud solutions 2	Moving infrastructure to hosted or cloud solutions 3	Moving infrastructure to hosted or cloud solutions 4	Moving infrastructure to hosted or cloud solutions 5

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What is the single biggest issue or problem facing your IT department today?

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* 5. What is the single biggest opportunity or initiative for your IT department today?

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* 6. Do you use Cloud or Software as a Service (SaaS) for solutions?

Yes

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* 7. If yes, which solutions?

Infrastructure (servers, data storage, etc.)

Accounting/Financial Management

ERP

Budgeting/Forecasting/Corporate Performance Management

CRM and Web Portal Development Tools

Backoffice solutions (Word processing, spreadsheets, etc.)

Business Intelligence

Other (please specify)

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* 8. If no, do you intend to use cloud in the future?

Yes

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* 9. If you do intend to use in the future, which solutions?

Infrastructure (servers, data storage, etc.)

Accounting/Financial Management

ERP

Budgeting/Forecasting/Corporate Performance Management

CRM and Web Portal Development Tools

Backoffice solutions (Word processing, spreadsheets, etc.)

Business Intelligence

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What is your IT hiring outlook for next year?

Increase

Decrease

No change

Hire consultants

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* 11. How do you and/or your staff stay current on skills and the latest technologies?

Vendor training and conferences

Networking with professional groups

Certification programs thru local educational institutions

Association meetings

Online training/certifications

Other (please specify)

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* 12. How many employees does your company have?

1-10

11-25

26-100

101-500

More than 500

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* 13. How many staff do you have in the IT department?

1-5

6-10

11-50

More than 50

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* 14. Do you have users in remote locations?

Yes

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* 15. What is your IT role?

CIO/VP

Director

Manager

Owner/President

Consultant

Other (please specify)

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* 1. Do you manage IT in your company, or does IT report to you?

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* 2. What types of IT systems do you currently have at your company?

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* 3. Please rank the following IT trends in order of importance (1 = least important, 5 = most important).

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* 4. What is the single biggest issue or problem facing your IT department today?

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* 5. What is the single biggest opportunity or initiative for your IT department today?

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* 6. Do you use Cloud or Software as a Service (SaaS) for solutions?

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* 7. If yes, which solutions?

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* 8. If no, do you intend to use cloud in the future?

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* 9. If you do intend to use in the future, which solutions?

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* 10. What is your IT hiring outlook for next year?

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* 11. How do you and/or your staff stay current on skills and the latest technologies?

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* 12. How many employees does your company have?

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* 13. How many staff do you have in the IT department?

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* 14. Do you have users in remote locations?

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* 15. What is your IT role?

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