The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) announced the state CIO priority rankings for 2008. The ranking is based on a survey completed during the 2007 NASCIO Membership Meeting at the Annual Conference in Tucson and follow up responses from several state CIOs who were not in attendance.
The Top 10 Final Ranking for Priority Technologies, Applications, and Tools are:
1. Virtualization (storage, computing, data center)
2. Server virtualization
3. Security enhancement tools
4. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
5. Legacy application moderniztion and upgrade (ERP)
6. Identity and access management
7. Networking, voice and data communications
8. Document/Content management
9. Wireless: Mobile, remote and fixed wireless
10. Service oriented applications and architecture
NASCIO also listed its Top 10 Ranking for Priority Strategies, Management Processes, and Solutions:
