Today's CIO must keep pace

InformationWeek reports that CEO's have big expectations for IT executives at a time when the influence of CIOs is actually slipping. According to a new survey, companies want more than infrastructure management from CIOs and their IT organizations, including "leadership, effectiveness, vision, help with optimizing business processes, and insight into new areas of growth.''

But many executives don't seem to believe CIOs are meeting that standard, according to the survey of more than 700 corporate managers and CIO and VP-of-IT-level executives. Only 39 percent of the corporate managers in the survey said the influence of the CIO is increasing, down from 43 percent a year ago. CIOs were more upbeat, with 55 percent saying their stature is increasing. But that was down from 66 percent a year ago.

For more on the plight of the CIO:
- see this InformationWeek.com article