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CIOs Dismissed As Techies Without Business Savvy By CEOs

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-respect dept.

Qedward writes in with a link about the gap between the tech side of business and the bean counters. "CIOs are being dismissed by CEOs as too techie and not aligned with business activities. According to recent Gartner survey of 220 CEOs across the world, business leaders expect spending on IT to rise, but without a corresponding rise in the importance of the role of the CIO within the organization. CIOs appear to be failing in the eyes of CEOs in terms of alignment with the rest of the business. The research showed the stereotype of the head of IT being too preoccupied with technical issues to be effective business leaders persists. He said they were perceived as unable to bring a breadth of business perspective to the table."

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  1. CEOs have important priorities by alphatel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alert: CEOs also don't like CFOs who tell them they are losing money.
    Notice: CEOs don't like COOs who inform them that cancelling the pension fund is illegal.
    Warning: CEOs don't like CIOs who spend money on "infrastructure" instead of "apps".

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  2. Re:Conversely by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, c'mon, how many Fortune 500 companies are there?

    500.