Since its inception in the mid to late 70s, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) role has evolved with the changing fortunes of the information technology (IT) function they lead.
Over the past three decades, IT has emerged from the back office to rule the world of business. Increasingly, albeit begrudgingly, business leaders recognize the vital role IT plays in creating shareholder value. Simultaneously, they have changed their expectation of the person who manages this strategic asset for them.
Gone are the days of the CIO being thought of as the "Head of IT". Now, a CIO is a business leader managing IT investments for business results. This is not a semantic difference but a fundamental paradigm shift.
At CioIndex, we believe that the 21st Century CIO must be a master of 7 skills. A CIO's index must comprise of items that address these 7 competencies.
- IT Strategy: Aligning business with IT is the old paradigm. The new imperative is to fuse business with IT. CIO IT Strategy Index is organized to get you there.
- eBusiness: For better or worse, the CIO is expected to create value using the internet. The 21st Century CIO recognizes that this requires mastery well beyond servers and portals. It requires a comprehensive understanding of the business model. Our eBusiness Index is organized to take you there.
- IT Governance: Some think IT Governance is about "who does what." IT Governance is about making decisions that create and protect business value. Our IT Governance Index is organized to help you create processes, organization and technology to ensure business value.
- Enterprise Architecture: Yesterday's CIOs had Enterprise Architects reporting to them. The 21st Century CIO has Enterprise Architecture at the core of the enterprise. Our Enterprise Architecture Index is organized to help you build the enterprise on a foundation – efficiently and effectively.
- IT Sourcing: CIOs who think of service providers as “vendors” have a special place reserved in history books next to the chapter on dinosaurs. 21St Century CIOs managed an IT Organization without boundaries – this means partnership with service providers. IT Sourcing or Vendor Relationship Management Index is organized to help you extend the boundaries of your organization
- IT Operations: Once the “end all” of the CIO role, now an important component. How do you manage your infrastructure is important. How do you stay abreast of emerging trends such as open source, virtualization, green technologies is critical. Our IT Operations index helps you stay on top of the latest IT trends.
- CIO Career: Leadership is the key to today’s CIO’s success. But managing down is good; managing up and around is priceless. Our CIO Career index helps you lead. Period.
CIO Index is organized to help you identify, select, fund, build and maintain value. So, come on in – learn, share and interact. Your index awaits.
