Top CIO concerns

A report by the Society for Information Management has found that IT and business alignment remain the top concerns for CIOs.

"One would think that over 30 years, with all the smart people, CIOs, academia, IT and business alignment would move further down the list, but it hasn't," said the study's lead researcher, Jerry Luftman.

The other top issues on the list: building business skills in IT; IT strategic planning; attracting new IT professionals; making better use of information; managing change; reducing the cost of doing business; improving IT quality; retaining IT professionals; and security and privacy.

The report found that IT strategic planning moved up the ranks of top worries because of fears about the economic downturn. IT alignment remains elusive because it is difficult and requires organizations to address numerous issues including communication and partnerships between the business and IT people, metrics, governance, human resources and technology.

For more on the CIO's top issues:
- check out this InformationWeek.com article