The CIO - Minds Beyond Innovation

Dec. 18, 2012 - PRLog -- The evolving role of the CIO has become an integral part of the organization & pivotal to the overall success of a business. They will continue to play a major role in managing and exploring ways of improving IT infrastructure. In today's challenging business environment, innovative business models are adopting sophisticated technology and new ideas to face problematic situations A Cheif Information Officer (CIO) plays a vital role to outperform the desired business goals by building a strategy to scale the new heights of business. Understanding the cutting – edge competition and adhering to the constantly growing needs, a CIO has the power to make strategic decisions that govern the course of action when it comes to technology dependency.

The role of CIO is complex in terms of technological know-how and needs to be updated with the rapid changing scenario. Foresight is a top priority desired skill of any CIO. Emerging IT issues need to be anticipated with a converging time and ensure that the business operates through expert guidence and proper planning. A recent report stated that “The top ten technology priorities for CIOs for 2012 were cloud computing, virtualization, mobile technologies, IT management, business intelligence, networking, data communications, enterprise applications, collaboration technologies, infrastructure and Web 2.0.” The latest concept of BYOD (Bring your own device) had a major impact on enterprise mobility strategies. But, this requires rethinking for the security reasons.

2013 promises to be a break through year for technology and to kick start discussions of the new role and avatar of the CIO in the Indian IT Sector, Fleming Gulf announces the inaugural CIO Summit on 21 & 22 February, 2013 in Mumbai. With participation from government bodies, associations and
industry pioneers, the summit will serve as a platform for leading CIO‘s to share the strategies for future sustainable growth as well as scrutinize the aspects of operational excellence, enterprise mobility, data security, business continuity & cloud computing in 2013.

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