IT will be more strategically important to businesses in 2008, with IT executives working to build or buy strategic applications and align infrastructure with the company's business objectives.

CIO Insight Research asked 250 top IT executives at large ($1 billion or more in revenue), midsize ($100-$999 million in revenue) and small (less than $100 million in revenue) companies about their top IT priorities for the coming year.

See which issues will be their most pressing priorities in 2008.

Please share your top tech priorities for the coming years with other IT execs by posting your comments below.