Are you ready for IT budget season? That's the time of year when IT leaders need to make their case for business investment in the technology that will provide their organizations with the competitive edge to succeed in 2019 and beyond.

Budget time has been a struggle for IT organizations in recent years as they try to pay for maintaining existing systems, meet new challenges such as growing cybersecurity threats, and invest in digital transformation for the future.

The divide between the budget you have and what you need to accomplish with that budget has grown more pronounced in 2018, according to a new survey of IT professionals conducted by technology systems integrator and reseller Insight and compiled into the company's annual Insight Intelligent Technology Index.