IT in the UAE is now more crucial to business innovation than ever before, ManageEngine Study finds

IT in the UAE is now more crucial to business innovation than ever before, ManageEngine Study finds

Published: Wed 30 Nov 2022, 7:06 PM Last updated: Wed 30 Nov 2022, 7:08 PM

ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, today announced results from its IT at work: 2022 and beyond study.

This newly released data which involves IT decision makers (ITDMs) and business decision makers (BDMs), examines the ability of IT teams to influence business decisions in large and enterprise-sized organisations in the UAE.

ManageEngine commissioned independent market research agency Vanson Bourne to survey 200 decision-makers across IT and other key business functions from a range of private-sector organisations in the UAE.

The study found that there is more cooperation within organisations between IT teams and other teams, which may have contributed to non-IT employees gaining more knowledge about IT now than they did before 2020.

IT structures within organisations are being increasingly distributed, and non-IT departments now enjoy complete independence when it comes to technology decisions.

However, any concerns over the role of IT teams being reduced are dismissed as the study found that they are pivotal in building stronger enterprises in the future. Around 76 per cent of ITDMs expect IT to play a greater role in setting the organisation’s overall strategy in the next five years. This is