By 2015, 47 percent of technology purchasing decisions will be made solely by the CIO or IT department, down from 55 percent in 2013, according to a new survey from Forrester.
Additionally, about 7 percent of all IT purchases are now made without any input from the CIO, according to the survey.
The shift is largely due to IT purchases becoming more of a collaborative decision between executives as technology becomes a more integral part of business strategy. "The fact that business users are taking the lead in identifying opportunities to apply technology solutions to business problems is a good thing, not something to be deplored," Forrester Vice President and Analyst Andrew Bartels told Computerworld.
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