BENCHMARKING THE IT FUNCTION AND CIO ROLE IN CANADA

Playing Well With Others

The news is abuzz with how the role of the CIO is changing. In fact, some predict that the CIO will likely become redundant with Line of Business leaders increasingly responsible for making IT decisions for their function, and with this, the budget accountability as well. Others, don’t agree.

Increasingly, LOB needs are being met by those outside of the organization, in the form of increased volumes of outsourcing and hosting. In this way, IT is becoming a more distributed vs. centralized resource. IT itself is also increasingly shifting many of its routine and administrative tasks to managed environments, freeing it up to provide additional support for LOBs.