The Changing Role of the CIO

by Mike Barlow

Does Big Data represent an existential threat to CIOs? Yes, quite possibly. For the past three decades, corporate CIOs have served primarily as stewards and guardians of IT infrastructure. Big Data -- together with cloud, social and mobile computing -- throws the value of legacy IT infrastructure into question and undermines the traditional authority of CIOs over the systems they have championed. For corporate CIOs, getting comfortable with Big Data will require reaching beyond the traditional comfort zone of IT and learning a new language that combines business, math and behavioral science, with signficantly less emphasis on traditional infrastructure technology than in the past. Will CIOs be ready and willing to make the leap?

Genres: Management, Ebooks, Business

22 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 8, 2013

Reviews

[Dr. Tathagat Varma]

A gentle and crisp introduction to the changing (or rather, the already changed) role of the CIO.

[Flyisland]

Big Data would be the next big thing (like e-commerce), so CIOs should be ready for it.

(with Big Data) IT has the potential to transform itself from a cost center to a profit center.

CIOs will encourage the hiring of IT staffers who understand the database technology, have relevant business experience, are comfortable writing code.

[Michal Stransky]

It simple one information book (is 12 pages really book at all?). Simply say Big data is changing role of CIO, in book is some summary and some confirmation of this.

[Нестор]

Too big headline, too little substantial stuff inside.