{"id":9491,"date":"2015-07-07T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T06:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2015-07-08T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T01:02:00","slug":"exclusive-ph-cios-expect-their-budgets-to-increase-it-security-is-top-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2015\/07\/07\/exclusive-ph-cios-expect-their-budgets-to-increase-it-security-is-top-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: PH CIOs expect IT budgets to increase; security is top concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CanStock-photo-of-Man-and-Security.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CanStock-photo-of-Man-and-Security.jpg\" alt=\"CanStock photo of Man and Security\" width=\"800\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CanStock-photo-of-Man-and-Security.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CanStock-photo-of-Man-and-Security-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/CanStock-photo-of-Man-and-Security-84x55.jpg 84w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More than half of the Philippines&#8217; chief information officers expect their IT budgets to increase this year. Of those who anticipate an increase, close to half expect a 20% to 40% hike.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, while most forecast an increase, half indicated that budget constraints will be their biggest challenge for the rest of the year. Other challenges include IT security (35%) and alignment of IT with the business (26%).<\/p>\n<p>These are some of the results of <em>UpgradeMag.com<\/em>&#8216;s annual Next Wave survey on the Philippine Corporate IT User Industry. Twenty-three CIOs from across all industries where polled for the study.<\/p>\n<p>The study, conducted by<em> UpgradeMag.com<\/em>&#8216;s Research Unit, also found that 65% of CIOs plan to upgrade their company&#8217;s IT infrastructure. The top three technologies in the pipeline include security (40%), hardware upgrade (27%), and disaster recovery (20%) and networking (20%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hiring intentions and salary outlook<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The survey, carried out during the first half of the year via telephone, also revealed that the majority of CIOs do not plan to augment their IT manpower. Only 25% intend to hire more IT staff this year.<\/p>\n<p>Those hiring will be looking to recruit regular employees. The top four skills CIOs are looking for are programming\/app development (43%), cloud computing (30%), security (26%), and networking (22%).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we pursue cloud computing in the future, we will be needing cloud computing skills,&#8221;\u00a0 Rommel Apelera, IT Manager, Philippine Fire and Marine Insurance Corp., told <em>UpgradeMag.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Instead of hiring more IT professionals, close to half (48%) of the CIO respondents indicated they will implement a salary increase. Of those who plan to implement a raise, 46% said the increase will be about 10%.<\/p>\n<p><i>IMAGE: CanStockPhoto<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than half of the Philippines&#8217; chief information officers expect their IT budgets to increase this year. Of those who anticipate an increase, close to half expect a 20% to 40% hike. However, while most forecast an increase, half indicated that budget constraints will be their biggest challenge for the rest of the year. 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