Half of IT leaders anticipate budget increases in 2018, according to a Feb. 7 survey released by data and marketing services firm International Data Group.
For the survey, IDG polled 186 IT leaders across various industries about their technology budgets and spending plans in 2018.
Here are the top 10 technologies respondents plan to invest more in during the next 12 months.
1. Predictive analytics: 47 percent
1. Business continuity and disaster recovery: 47 percent
3. Public cloud: 46 percent
4. Hybrid cloud: 45 percent
5. Machine learning and cognitive systems: 44 percent
6. Artificial intelligence: 43 percent
6. Mobile devices: 43 percent
8. Data management and storage: 41 percent
9. Private cloud: 35 percent
10. Internet of Things: 33 percent