According to a survey of 1,500 CIOs who make up Gartner Inc.’s Executive Programs (EXP). Compared to 2001, technology priorities in 2002 focus less on building interenterprise business processes and internal e-enablement, and more on making short-term upgrades. The first priority for CIOs will be to enhance security and content management tools. Security enhancement tools and content management tools as this year’s top priority reflects the need to protect data and manage access rights. The second priority will be to strengthen application infrastructure. Application infrastructure priorities include a mix of short-term and midterm internal components including middleware and Windows 2000. CRM and workflow will also contribute to application infrastructure investments this year. The third priority for CIOs will focus on developing network infrastructure and e-enablement. Network infrastructure priorities include network management tools and both internal and interenterprise e-enabling technologies. www.gartner.com