With ever increasing pressure to drive higher operating efficiencies, fuel business growth and enhance shareholder value, executives today are rethinking their traditional strategies. Few areas of the business are being more challenged than information technology (IT). At the same time, the role of the CIO is also undergoing significant change. Successful CIOs recognize that IT has become far more than a means of increasing efficiency and reducing costs. Rather, they see IT as a prime stimulus for and enabler of business innovation — and themselves as key collaborators in a process that develops business and IT strategies in concert.
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