CIOs plan to spend more on IT this year, report says

As a way to remain relevant in today's business world, many IT leaders are planning to increase their spending on IT services and applications this year. In fact, around 66 percent of chief information officers are planning to expand their budgets in 2012, according to a new TEKsystems study.

The survey also found, on average, companies will increase their investments on IT infrastructure services by around 44 percent. Meanwhile, they will spend 40 percent more on applications, including things like IP telephony, unified communications and other important interactive technologies.

"During 2011, a number of trends like mobility, cloud computing and business intelligence garnered a lot of hype, but many organizations did not adopt and implement these initiatives right away," said Rachel Russell of TEKsystems. "In 2012 organizations will be more prepared to take action."

In fact, 54 percent of IT leaders are currently planning or are in the process of implementing mobile strategies in the workplace.

One of the most common decisions will be to acquire IP telephony services like VoIP or SIP trunking. According to an NPD In-Stat report, small business spending on IP voice technologies will increase by 83 percent through 2015.