CIOs Do Not Believe in Competitive Advantage According to a survey of UK businesses on Silicon.com yesterday, "8 out of 10 CIOs believe their own IT solutions fail to provide competitive advantage to their organisation." In contrast, 6 out of 10 CEOs believe IT provides competitive advantage.
Apparently 41% of CIOs see their role as providing a utility service. This is part of the trend of decentralizing IT project management to business units with the exception of centralized storage in the Enterprise (one conferencce anecdote that validated this trend quoted the CIO of CSFB).
This attitudinal shift is about more than the changing role of the CIO. Its a fundamental change in the perception of technology risk that has driven buyers into more conservative segments of the technology adoption lifecycle. More on that next week.
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