Alongside Gartner Peer Insights, we surveyed 200 IT Managers, Directors, VPs, and CIOs to uncover the excitement, fear, and challenges for the modern IT professional.

Key findings include:

• A story of optimism: 99% of IT professionals are proud of their work, and 94% feel appreciated by their company.
• Disagreements between CIOs and lower-level IT pros on topics like poor spend visibility and application rationalization.
• Top threats to success: cybersecurity (62%), identifying wasted cloud application spending (61%), technology lagging behind competitors (59%), and lack of alignment or collaboration (47%).
• A wide chasm in SaaS spend visibility between CIOs and other IT roles: 75% of CIOs see it as a threat, compared to just 35% of Managers.
• Application rationalization: only 15% of CIOs believe their organization has a strategic framework in place.

Curious about how IT professionals navigate today’s dynamic tech landscape? Read the report, explore the data, and find out where the future of IT is heading.