Opportunities on the Horizon: Investing Through a Slowing Economy

Thematic updates | WEALTH OUTLOOK 2023 | MID-YEAR EDITION | 49 FIGURE 5 : Top CIO Priorities -20 -10% 0 10% 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Cybersecurity Data analytics / business intelligence / data warehouse Digital transformation projects Robotics / automation Adoption of public, private, or hybrid IaaS solutions Customer-facing application development / deployment (including SaaS) Platform as a service and development tools Financial software applications (ERP, supply chain, accounting procurement) Cloud communications (UCaaS, Contact Center, or CPaaS) Productivity application refresh, development, or deployment (Office, email, collaboration, chat, etc...) Transactional databases Mar-23 Dec-22 Sep-22 Jun-22 Mar-22 Dec-21 Sep-21 2023 Citigroup Inc. No redistribution without Citigroup written permission. Source: Citi Research. Net result of responses to the following two questions: Since the beginning of the year, which three indicatives have g=become a higher investment priority? Since the beginning of the year, which three initiatives have become a lower investment priority?