CIO

Outlook for 2019 : IT Budgets Set to Balloon

The budget season is upon us. Business leaders and professionals crunch the numbers of the present year, take into account the medium-term forecasts, and prepare their budgets for the next financial and calendar year. Tech Pro Research surveyed IT professionals to gauge the corporate sentiment towards IT budgets, and their findings bear positive notes for […] Read More

Trusted Operator vs Change Agent – Which One are You?

The recent Deliotte CIO survey uncovered a fascinating fact. According to the survey results, there are three CIO archetypes – trusted operators, business co-creators, and change instigators. CIOs who play the role of trusted operators are focused on improving efficiency, reliability, predictability, and cost reduction. The business co-creator archetype aligns all the IT resources and […] Read More

IT Project Management – Balance of Communication and Technical Excellence

With the continued exponential growth of the IT sector complimenting business functions and roles, IT Project Management is the new role that calls for the attention of IT professionals. The IT projects promise great returns for organizations as well as efficiency and effectiveness in their business endeavors. An analysis of the situation reveals that there […] Read More

Role of CIO: Business Enabler or Service Provider

CMO and CIOs The recent past has seen a lot of comparisons and contrasting of the CIO and CMO positions as well as their relevance to the organization. Gartner predicts that CMO’s are most likely to have a bigger budget share than their CIO counterparts in the organization. So what leads to this apparent shift? […] Read More

Expanding the Strategic Role of the CIO and IT

The role of CIO and IT in the recent past cannot be underestimated-in fact, to many organizations, their role has been critical. The world of business has kept on transforming and as such the roles of CIO and IT have to keep in tandem with the market changes. The shifts in relation to such terms […] Read More

CIOs – Accelerating Change in the Business

Years ago, the CIO in most enterprises were always on the outlook for any hidden projects or investments taking place within the business that had not obtained their approvals and controls. This might have started with a new email software, monitoring social media, or big data storage to name a few of the recent investment […] Read More

CIOs and Innovation: IT Enabled Business Value

As we approach the final month of 2012, there is a great deal of buzz about the increased pressure on the CIO Decisions and the balance of power and impact in the business with the others in the business, such as those in development (CTO) and external facing roles (CMO). It was mentioned at a […] Read More