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While the CIO role has been around for over 25 years, it has never been a more key role than it is right now....

The CIO has arrived at the executive table by realizing that digital transformation moves at the speed of security, culture and leadership, not at the speed of technology.

Digital transformation is important to CIOs, but they still have trouble dedicating budget to it over keeping the lights on.

Canada’s strict data sovereignty regulations have been a significant deterrent for many Canadian companies looking to move to the cloud. But with all three of the largest global hyperscale cloud providers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) – building data centres in the country over the last year, the journey to the cloud has been simplified and Canadian companies have responded well.

Traditional outsourcing options seem to be disappointing CIOs, as opting for the cloud or just staying in-house becomes the preferred strategy.

IT hiring plans in Canada are looking brighter with most CIOs saying they plan to hire, or at least maintain headcount.

We look at the data from our CIO census for 2016 and talk to one government CIO to examine hiring trends.