There Is a CIO in Your Business - 1

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By S. Maurer



The Chief Information Officer CIO is responsible for setting his company's technology direction and making sure it aligns with the company's business goals.

All roads lead to the Chief Information Officer CIO. It's a combination of breadth and depth, and part of that is enterprise visibility. The CEO and CFO have that from their own purviews, but they don't understand how work really gets done, how the business truly operates, the way CIOs do.

We won't dwell on the obvious: the rise in competitive pressures worldwide. But we're seeing the consequences of this in the continued campaign to cut costs and a shift in emphasis from revenue growth to profitable growth.

Companies have to deal with change. Technology is a critical component of that change. The Chief Information Officer CIO must have to be part of the process or it will pass you by.

Many organizations are embarking on a strategies that leverage globalization trends. The Chief Information Officer CIO is one of the few places in the organization where all of those things come together and where there's a view across the enterprise. These trends drive transformations that are enterprisewide and hugely dependent on technology for their success. The Chief Information Officer CIO is at the eye of the storm.

About the author:

S. Maurer is a 53-years old college graduated IT professional, with 30 years of experience in the computer & technology fields. Now is the Correspondence Courses Director of http://mba-open-university.net and http://distance-learning-mba-online-mba-program-executive-jobs.ne t .