Occasionally when some new and disruptive technology comes on the market, my friends and colleagues phone me up to ask, “How is this new technology going to change your world?” They know I will feign indifference and my comeback will be that CIO means “career is over!” The secret answer is, innovation is what makes this role fun, and new and disruptive technologies do not really change the CIO role, they just alter your planning. The fact is that the role of the CIO is really about being an effective executive and a sound investment manager for technology choices made for the company.
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The CIO's Place in the Cloud
Posted by: Doug Harr March 2, 2009 06:00 AMOccasionally when some new and disruptive technology comes on the market, my friends and colleagues phone me up to ask, “How is this new technology going to change your world?” They know I will feign indifference and my comeback will be that CIO means “career is over!” The secret answer is, innovation is what makes this role fun, and new and disruptive technologies do not really change the CIO role, they just alter your planning. The fact is that the role of the CIO is really about being an effective executive and a sound investment manager for technology choices made for the company.