The Role of the CIO is no longer that of being the “top nerd” but being an executive who understands and can speak IT, while applying business principles within the IT organization, as well as speaking the language of business and explain the cost of running the IT organization and providing a return on the investment in IT.
Tags: Business Principles, Business Strategist, CIO, IT, Lanuage of Business, Technology
IT is a valuable partner in each business, but is also a service provider to the business, meaning that IT must provide technology services that the business requires in order to deliver goods and/or services to the end customer. Savvy IT managers are finding ways to utilize cloud computing, which provides agility to IT to serve the business. This type of thinking and action can lead IT management to the executive suite, as this article discusses.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2011/10/19/cloud-computing-ticket-to-the-corner-office/
Tags: Business, cloud computing, IT
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