The Top Ten Tech Issues

The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Information Technology Advisory Committee conducts an annual survey of the most important IT issues facing the profession, which provides interesting insight into the prevalence and impact that technology has on businesses. While some topics come up every year, the relative importance of several issues changes from survey to survey.

This year was no different. Information management rose to the top spot from No. 3, pushing last year’s No. 1 issue, legislation and regulatory compliance, to second place. The impact of the recession, No. 2 last year, fell to No. 10 in this year’s survey, while new and emerging technologies rose to No. 3 from No. 5. (To learn more, read the article "The Top Ten Tech Issues" in the September 2011 CAmagazine online.)