CIO = Cheap Infrastructure Officer?

Do businesses really regard their CIO as the Cheap Infrastructure Officer?

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Well that was the thrust of an extremely interesting observation made by Ilhan Aksoycan, who commented on one of my earlier articles about the future role of the CIO.

I am sure that many will dispute the attribution of cheap infrastructure as the primary function of a CIO.

And yet many CIOs accept that they are frequently challenged “to do more with less” – which kind of implies that cheapness is an expected performance indicator.

For sure, there is quite a fine balance to be struck between effective management of resources and relentlessly pursuing cost reductions.

But the real game for CIOs is always value delivery – not being bottom of the cost league. Teams that finish bottom of any league usually get relegated.

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