How will CIOs run IT as a business? Companies are looking for ways to become ever more competitive through innovation and

increased collaboration with vendors and partners.

“So a year ago you flipped overnight into the rabid cost-slashing reaper who hacked things down to the marrow as you and your colleagues fought to gain control or get a grip or perhaps even just survive. Then around midyear you started to hear some questions, which quickly became gripes, which rapidly evolved into burning-torch mobs outside your office as your C-level colleagues started screaming for better data and faster apps and more mobility and netbooks and Web 2.0 capabilities.

Suddenly, we all had to get ready to compete again. The big challenge facing CIOs in 2010 will once again involve a transformation—heck, a revolution—but this one won’t be panic-driven and it won’t be temporary. No, the 2010 CIO Revolution will involve ‘a changing focus for business and IT,’ as Capgemini CTO Andy Mulholland has put it: ‘Termed Business Technology, the focus is on people, communications, and collaboration, not computers and data.’”

Information Week, Dec. 21, 2009 “Welcome to the CIO Revolution, Circa 2010”

By Bob Evans