This global CIO2CIO research program was conducted for SAP, Inc. to gain insight into information management practices in various regions of the world. The research was conducted among IT professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The topics discussed in this survey include:

• Priority attached to management of data as an enterprise asset
• Perceived benefits of well managed trusted information
• Current information management strategies and practices
• Solutions in place or under consideration as part of information management goals
• Top challenges inhibiting information management
• Challenges of aligning IT and business goals
• Individuals responsible for enterprise data quality, information management and defining KPIs
• Challenges of dealing with multiple information management tools
• Importance of standardizing BI and MDM solutions on one platform
• Systems relied up to provide a trusted information platform
• Importance and scope of search functionality
• Strategies for aligning enterprise information management with SOA/composition