CIOs in strong position to help businesses fight slowdown
Ivar Sinka, Principal Consulant, Capgemini Consulting talks to Computer Weekly on how businesses are being advised to cut costs, whereas CIOs are appearing to increase spend on IT.
13 March 2008
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With IT expenditure seeming buoyant despite an uncertain economic outlook, CIOs
are in a strong position to help businesses. The recent Global CIO Survey 2008
indicated that a new generation of IT-literate business users were driving IT
innovation in their organisations.
“Its not completely cleare if there is a significant recession coming, but if there is, the IT function will have a very strong role to play in cost cutting and automation. There is also the option of driving the business onwards through new technologies.” Ivar states.
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Further coverage of the Global CIO Survey 2008:
- Businesses need to bet on innovation, IT Week
- Minister wants UK to become an innovation nation, IT Week
- The value of innovation, IT Week
- IT ‘critical’ to innovation in business, BCS
- Outsourcing aids innovation, Information Age
- Capgemini CIO survey identifies threats, CIO Magazine
- CIOs urged to embrace innovation, IT Week
- Businesses must use IT better for innovation, Computing
