By Gemma Simpson
Published: Monday 18 June 2007
Email story to a Friend | Report Abuse
Name
Sandro Del Re
Location
Toronto, Canada
Occupation
Director I.T.
Comment
It does not shock me at all that 76% of CIOs do not see themselves as influencers in business decisions. I am sure that the same would be true here in Canada.
I would attribute this to three major reasons.
1) With the move to outsourcing the CIO has very little control over the applications that are running in the organization. So they end up managing the relationship.
2) The business continues to view the I.T. as a necessary evil and not as a strategic tool.
3) Many of the CIOs that are employeed here in Canada have come from a finance background not from an I.T. one.
With this working against them it is no wonder they are not brought into the strategy discussions.
It is not surprising the chasm between business an...
Andy Sinclair
It does not shock me at all that 76% of CIOs do no...
Sandro Del Re
Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.
Data Protection Strategies: Deduplication for More Efficient Backups
Dell PowerVault DL2100 Powered by CommVault - Spec Sheet
True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a Customer-Centric...
Learn how Performance Metrics for Telcomm Expense Management Drive new ROIs and SLAs
Copyright © 2008 CBS Interactive Limited. All rights reserved. Top of page
RSS Feeds
The Round-Up The Weekly Round-Up: 03.12.09 'Ere guv, you'll never guess who I had in the back of my cab the other day…'
Stuart Roberts Shared services - how to get it right in your business Recession boosts uptake