Is it the end of the line for CIOs?

While the role of CIO is of chief importance in many companies, some companies are actually eliminating it, citing a desire to roll the tasks into another business unit and other strategic and financial reasons. But eliminating the role of CIO can harm long-term IT planning and vendor relationships by pushing the responsibility down instead of up. CEOs don't have the skill set, and in many cases, neither do IT managers. Eliminating the role also can cause the collapse of strategic technology planning. To make sure your job isn't on the cutting block, be more assertive so that senior management fully understands the scope of your work. But take heart: cutting out the role of the CIO isn't common and likely won't result in a significant trend.

Read more about companies eliminating the role of CIO:
- read the article in Australian IT