Key realities of the new Dell State of IT Trends 2016 global study



Productivity, agility, security, privacy, flexibility, simplicity, efficiency and cost-savings are at the core of our ever-connected world. Based on this exciting reality, it is interesting to observe increase close-collaboration between business and IT leaders to support how to evolve business, propel the business forward, generate new revenue streams and more.


According to a new Dell State of IT Trends 2016 global study, business decision makers’ (BDMs) and IT decision makers’ (ITDMs) understanding of current IT trends are much closer than they are generally perceived to be. 

In fact, business and IT leaders’ perceptions of technology have evolved and henceforth more closely aligned in companies of all sizes and in both mature and developing markets.

The Dell State of IT Trends 2016 global study reveals that:
  • Increasing business productivity, followed closely by growing the business, are the main considerations for IT decisions
  • Cloud is the main IT spending priority and most important technology trend
  • Majority agree that compute-centric is the best approach to gain a flexible, scalable and open data center.