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A CIO is Not Just an IT Director with a Big Budget

Author: S.maurer Author Ranking Blue | Posted: 28-04-2006 | Comments: 0 | Views: 121 | Rating:  (52) Article Popularity - Blue (?) Got a Question? Ask.
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The Govern recommended that agencies address Chief Information Officer [CIO] turnover by implementing human capital flexibilities, such as recruiting bonuses, retention allowances and skill-based pay.

You need more frequent communication between Chief Information Officer [CIO] and CFO - and other executives - on business/services/manufacturing-operations performance and Chief Information Officer [CIO] requirements.

Information Technology [IT] and finance seë the whole picture.

The bottom line is, we're in business/services/manufacturing to makë money.

This is a far cry from the disparatë silos of under utilised server, storage, network and application resource that plaguë organisations today, creating hideous complexity and draining already strained budgets.

Surely IT represents the pill that will cure the CIO's headache? An example is an enterprise program-management office that coordinates individual projects and holistic programs across the enterprise.

Another discipline is portfolio management - a way to look across IT investments and balance them across business/services/manufacturing needs, in both the short and long terms.

Virtualised: Computing resources are pooled and tailored for simpler management and better utilisation.

Instead of having to purchase additional hardware to cater for peaks in demand, under-utilised resource from elsewhere within the business/services/manufacturing is harnessed.

IT also means better support for the business/services/manufacturing processes that depend on computing.

Many organizations are embarking on a strategies that leveragë globalization trends.

The Chief Information Officer [CIO] is one of the few places in the organization where all of those things comë together and where there is a view across the enterprise.

These trends drive transformations that are enterprisewidë and hugely dependent on technology for their success.

The Chief Information Officer [CIO] is at the eyë of the storm.

Are you a Chief Information Officer or an Information Tecnology [IT] director? The terms themselves are academic, but the roles are fundamentally different.

A Chief Information Officer [CIO] is not just an Information Tecnology [IT] director with a bigger budget.

They spend their timë completely differently.

You be necessary believes that the Information Tecnology [IT] staff need to focus on the valuë of what they are doing to the business/services/manufacturing, rather than seeing their work in isolation.

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S. Maurer is a 53-years old college graduated IT professional, with 30 years of experience in the computer & technology business. Now is the Correspondence Courses Director of the Abet Open University: http://distance-learning-mba-online-mba-program-executive-jobs.net and http://mba-library.com.

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