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CIO
Last modified: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Short for Chief Information Officer, CIO is a job
title given to someone within an enterprise
who heads, at the executive board level, information technology within an
organization. The CIO is largely responsible for the computer systems and the
information technology (IT) that support the organization,
and works within the organization's budget to oversee the IT implementation,
often reporting to the organization's CFO (Chief Financial Officer). Within the organization, the job of a CIO is to overall derive greater demonstrable business value from IT spent. CIO is a job title that is most commonly used in
the military, enterprise and larger business organizations.
CIO Information Network Practical news, analysis and advice to help chief information officers and other high-level IT executives.
Five Mentors Every CIO Needs Compared to people who have mastered the art of getting help from others, if you rely too much on your talents and energy alone, you are at an extreme disadvantage. Mentors can have a bigger impact on your success than virtually anything outside your own efforts. There are five types of mentors that every CIO needs.
Tips for Implementing ITIL Short for IT Infrastructure Library, ITIL is an infrastructure library, initially developed in the U.K. ITIL is a widely accepted approach to IT service management and provides a cohesive set of best practices drawn from the public and private sectors internationally.
What Savvy CIOs Know About CFO Speak If there's a fundamental mistake made by CIOs in dealing with CFOs it's going into meetings talking CIO talk - clouds, SaaS, virtualization, and not getting that the CFO may not understand and, critically, may not care at all.
