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ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A new global study of more than 2,500 Chief Information Officers (CIOs), released by IBM (NYSE: IBM) today, reveals that leveraging analytics to gain a competitive advantage and improve business decision-making is now the top priority for CIOs. More than four out of five (83 percent) survey respondents identified business intelligence and analytics - the ability to see patterns in vast amounts of data and extract actionable insights - as the way they will enhance their organizations' competitiveness.

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The report also highlights a number of recommendations ranging from strategic business actions and use of key technologies that IBM has identified that CIOs can implement, based on CIO feedback from the study.

The full 2009 CIO Study and interviews about the study are available at www.ibm.com/ciostudy, and a video with IBM CIO Pat Toole is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AqSMCREXDE.