Are CIOs "dead weight"?

Rough Type by Nick Carr | Mar. 23, 2007 (Opinion)

n my commentary on the latest Financial Times Digital Business podcast, I look at Chris Anderson's charge that chief information officers are turning into "dead weight." In case you missed it, Anderson had a provocative post on his blog late last month titled "Who Needs a CIO?" He'd given a speech at a CIO Magazine conference and came away from the event disillusioned: Full Story »

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 by Mary McFadden - Mar. 23, 2007

This is an opinionated analysis of another opinion. There are no sources, no measurements, only conjecture. What evidence is there to say CIO's are only "keeping the lights on"? There's no addressing of the root question, "what are CIO's hired to do?"

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