Read all about IT: CEOs see IT as more important than ever

As IT rises up the list of business priorities, CEOs are more likely to read about new technologies than they are to ask their CIOs for information.

That’s one of the findings in a new survey by Gartner, in which 31 percent of business leaders questioned put IT among their top three priorities. It’s the highest-ever ranking in the survey for IT, which was trumped only by profits and growth, cited by 58 percent.

The 388 business leaders questioned — mostly CEOs, with a smattering of CFOs and COOs — are twice as likely to want to build up in-house IT capabilities (57 percent) as to outsource it (29 percent), which ought to be good news for CIOs.

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