According to IDC's European Enterprise Survey 2013, some 45% of IT services spend in 2013 will be allocated to projects or technologies that drive revenue growth, increase customer-citizen satisfaction, or otherwise help the organization to meet its business goals, while 55% of IT services spend will be allocated to running and maintaining existing IT systems."The main finding of our survey of almost 800 organizations is that 'business is back' -- using IT to support for business rather than to cut costs is now the strategic priority for a clear majority of organizations," said Douglas Hayward, author of the report and associate vice president, European Services Research, IDC."It looks like some organizations that focused heavily on using IT to cut running costs in 2012 have now shifted their focus to driving revenue growth for the organization, or at least to supporting it better by, for example, driving up customer/citizen satisfaction or making the business more agile and efficie...