The agility of the IT organisation must be a key focus for IT leaders as they face continual budgetary pressures. Three months into 2004 and it's clear the priorities of those at the top of each organisation's tech tree must be changing.
The main cause of the gap between CEOs and CIOs is business priorities, according to the report. To be credible in the boardroom and with the CEO the CIOs need to align their discussions with the business priorities," said Aron.
Lastly, Broadbent warns that not all enterprises are the same and that CIOs' priorities must be based on the business context. CIOs should have different priorities for breakaway enterprises, enterprises maintaining competitiveness or those that...
Given that set-up - and it's still a rare one, across all sectors - as the purveyor of all information across an organisation, CIOs can find themselves in a strong position to progress further. The boss of Lastminute.com has pointed to a bright...
Today Andy McCue examines the key challenges facing CIOs over the next year and looks at how the IT chief's role is evolving. Sean Powley, assistant director for organisational development and customer services at the London Borough of Barnet, was...
With the industry still dominated by pressure to keep costs down and with little growth in tech budgets forecast for the next three years, Andy McCue talks to two financial services CIOs about current investment priorities and future trends.