IT penetration of the core business processes in companies in recent decades has increased continuously. Moreover, the business agility is strongly influenced by the IT agility, making IT an important factor that can contribute to the competitiveness of a firm in its markets. Increasingly, this requires IT to be no longer merely "enabler" of business processes, but also to contribute to innovation in the technical side of the business. Thus, the role of IT has changed considerably over time, at least from an academic point of view. This paper explores the current role of IT in Russian companies. In particular, whether companies really adopted this broader perspective that views IT as more than just a cost factor or, at best, reactive enabler of business.