Three-quarters (74%) of those polled are also seeking better management information, with 71% initiating actions designed to encourage departments or functions to share information more readily. Almost two-thirds (60%) have sought to make enterprise information more personalised to people or functions.
But money for such innovations is still in short supply, the survey finds. Although 44% of companies say that recent changes in the economic or business climate have not led them to modify their IT investment plans for the next financial year, a third (30%) admit to a reduction in their IT budget.
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