CIOs still dismissed as mere techies by CEOs

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16 April 2012

Gartner survey reveals the CEOs still often dismiss CIOs as too techie and not aligned business activities, according to results from the latest Gartner research.

According to a survey of 220 CEOs across the world, business leaders expect spend on IT to rise, but without a corresponding rise in the importance of the role of the CIO within the organisation.

Gartner VP Mark Raskino explained to CIO UK that the results showed CIOs were rarely seen as the masters of innovation management within the company by the CEO, nor were they thought of as strategy partners.

"In a world of digital disruption, how safe an arrangement is that?" he said.

Although 40 per cent of CIOs report to the CEO, 30 per cent to the COO and 20% to the CFO, this reporting trend has not changed in a decade, Raskino explained.

CEOs still often dismiss CIOs as too techie and not aligned business activities, according to results from the latest Gartner research.

According to a survey of 220 CEOs across the world, business leaders expect spend on IT to rise, but without a corresponding rise in the importance of the role of the CIO within the organisation.

Gartner VP Mark Raskino explained to CIO UK that the results showed CIOs were rarely seen as the masters of innovation management within the company by the CEO, nor were they thought of as strategy partners.

"In a world of digital disruption, how safe an arrangement is that?" he said.

Although 40% of CIOs report to the CEO, 30% to the COO and 20% to the CFO, this reporting trend has not changed in a decade, Raskino explained.

 

IDG News Service

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