India, Oct. 21 -- Enterprise organizations pushed the gas pedal to the floor on a number of projects during 2020 as they responded to a pandemic, a disrupted economy, and government shutdowns of many businesses. As organizations are adjusting to a new normal where uncertainty remains high and buying patterns have been turned upside down, Gartner is warning CIOs that now is not the time to slow down.

That's because now is a time of opportunity, too.

"There's an urgency to move faster and build upon successes they might have been having before," Gartner chief of research and distinguished research VP Chris Howard told InformationWeek in an interview ahead of the organization's Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2020 October 19 to October 22. "But a...