The influence of CIOs and other IT leadership execs is growing within the majority of midmarket companies, according to a recent survey from Deloitte. The accompanying report, titled “Technology in the Midmarket: Taking Ownership,” indicates that this shift is emerging at a time when these businesses are increasingly viewing tech investment as a strategic value-builder. They’re pursuing cloud initiatives, for example, to boost the effectiveness of accounting, enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management efforts. In addition, many are pursuing predictive analytics to boost competitive edge. To ensure they can expand investment into these and other IT areas in a secure manner, CIOs and other tech leaders are convincing the C-suite and other executive leaders to deploy data encryption more than ever. These companies “are increasingly realizing value through early investments in the cloud, social, mobile and data analytics,” according to the report.
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