How would you describe the relationship between IT and the business groups in your firm?Excellent 14%
Very good 1
Good 38
Not good 12
Poor 5
Which area gets the most investment dollars?
Enterprise architecture 20%
Regulatory compliance 9
Policy systems 46
Distribution systems 15
Other 10
Describe the current level of demand for data transparency in your firm:
High 19%
23
Moderate 33
16
Low 9
In your current budget, is IT spending up or down?
Up 54%
Same 29
Down 17
Has your budget process become more collaborative?
Yes 64%
No 36
Does your company have a three-to-five year business plan for prioritizing IT investments?
Yes 50%
No 50
Does it have a one-to-three plan?
Yes 76%
No 24
Are IT investments part of a portfolio management approach?
Yes 45%
No 55
Have compliance issues, such as Sarbanes-Oxley, affected your work?
Yes 58%
No 42
Are you seeing a stronger role for planning architecture compliance groups in the future?
Yes 72%
No 28
Where is the most innovation taking place?
Front office 74%
Back office 26
Have you improved internal controls as a result of a demand for transparency?
Yes 71%
No 11
Don't know 18
What is the level of confidence that your firm can align IT and business for differentiation and growth?
Very confident 36%
Moderately confident 49
Not very confident 15
