Facts and Stats

Oct 28, 2013
74 percent of businesses are now using innovation as part of their organizational strategy, up from 66 percent in 2012.
Plante Moran *

Oct 28, 2013
84 percent of millennials (the generation born between 1980 and 1993) said they care more about making a positive difference than workplace recognition.
Bentley University *

Nov 01, 2013
Out of 532 executives surveyed, about 14% were identified as “leaders,” meaning they support a full range of cloud-based collaborative technologies. Close to 90% of these leaders report greater opportunities for innovation as a result of their enhanced capabilities.
Forbes *

Oct 11, 2013
61% of CEOs worldwide say that innovation is a primary concern with their business.
PWC *

Apr 09, 2014
91% of global businesses report that innovation is a strategic priority, but 30% challenge the benefits of innovation on local economies believing that the increased competition and accelerated pace of technological advancement has a negative impact.
GE Global Innovation Barometer *

Apr 11, 2014
According to a Gartner survey of CIOs, mobile (70%), big data/analytics (55%), social media (54%), and the cloud (51%) will be the technologies which have the biggest impact on the industry in the next decade
Gartner *

Apr 11, 2014
45 U.S. Companies were among the Top 100 Global Innovators in 2013.
Top 100 Innovators *

Apr 09, 2014
87% of respondents believe that their firms would innovate better by partnering than on their own. 68% of respondents have actually developed a new product, improved a product or created a new business model through collaboration with another company.
GE Global Innovation Barometer *

Apr 16, 2014
53% of CEO's are partnering externally to drive innovation.
IBM *

Apr 11, 2014
49% of CIOs say they are now positioned to promote game-changing innovations, while only 26% believed so 3 years ago.
ITWeb *