Of IT Matters
Recently, Sandeep Dadlani had shared his views on Flat World CIOs who are increasingly focusing on improving operations through the use of technology or global sourcing. This week on "IT Matters", Michael Taylor talks about the "business alignment" of CIOs.
According to him, "Despite the lofty intentions of seeking alignment, perhaps a more pragmatic focus is to make IT relevant to the business." He cites the 2007 State of the CIO survey which shows that CIOs who are aligned with business are twice as likely to have created a new revenue stream.
There was also a recent survey by Saugatuch Technology and BusinessWeek Research Services of C-level executives of companies with revenues of billion dollars or more, that showed that a substantial gap in IT performance assessment by IT executives' themselves versus non-IT executives. (Survey link, registration required)
As Michael points out, IT organizations should ask what they can do to make other executives jobs easier and improve the bottom line.
