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Essential Resources on the Role of the CIO – Page 8

Chief IT Risk Officer

What role does a Chief Information Officer (CIO) play in managing Information Technology (IT) risk? This research study discusses the role of the CIO in managing IT risk, the factors affecting an IT organization's risk management strategies and capability, and how to manage IT risk effectively.

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The Changing Role of the CIO in Today’s Global Marketplace

If you think your job as CIO is to keep the company's information technology systems up to date and running 24/7, you are obsolete. 

The current content of the CIO's work doesn't cut it in today's environment. To be successful, you must reinvent your work skills and mindset for the new game, where the external environment moves faster than ever and a company’s most enduring strengths can become irrelevant in a flash.

CIO on the Move

This presentation charts the course for the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role – to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) or maybe even the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)? How does this evolution in the CIO role occur and what does it take? Here is the opinion of a CIO.

The Role of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

This paper discusses the role of the chief technology officer (CTO) as a technology focused leader who applies their technology skills to products, services and processes. The history of the CTO role is presented and its responsibilities detailed – by a CTO.

Past, Present, and the Journey Ahead for the The 21st Century CIO

This paper discusses the journey – sometimes very rough! – of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role and their IT organizations they lead. What lies ahead? What are the new requirements being placed on the role? How can/should a CIO respond? The author discusses the options to structure the IT

Strategic CIO

A CIO makes the case for the strategy focused Chief Information Officer (CIO). Increasingly, CIOs are being tapped for long term strategic business transformation initiatives – at the same time maintaining their day job of keeping the lights on in the IT shop – so a CIO has to be on the look-out for these opportunities or they might not foresee these business-changing opportunities inspired by strategic technology innovations. The resulting implications on their career are not very promising.

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