One of the most popular books amongst European CIOs is now available in English. IT’s Hidden Face, written by Claude Roeltgen the CIO of one of Luxembourg’s top banks has been a top read amongst CEOs, CIOs and government ministers across the continent. IT’s Hidden Face is a translation of Eine Million ode rein Jahr, which was first published in 2006 and provides an behind the scenes view of the IT industry from a European perspective. CIO issues covered include daily responsibilities of the CIO, management techniques, security and software instability. Alignment between the IT strategy and team and the rest of the business is a key part of this book, which attempts to write about the topic in simple terms after the author found CEOs and organisations felt alienated by technology. “All around us, there is an unknown, hidden world; it is so proximal, it keeps millions of people busy, but from the outside, it is totally mysterious,” author Roeltgen said of IT. “This world is the engine rooms of Information Technology and of IT departments in companies. Surprisingly, this extraordinary exciting world hasn’t issued any reports about its inner workings.” Roeltgen (pictured) is CIO at Banque LBLux, one of the leading banks in Luxembourg and has been a CIO for 20 years. He began his career as a programmer and progressed to become a project manager and onto CIO. Roeltgen said his book was pitched at non-IT management to get a better understanding of how they can work with and communicate with IT professionals. For CIOs or aspiring CIOs he believes the book offers advice on how to communicate the “complexities of their responsibilities”. Related content brandpost The steep cost of a poor data management strategy Without a data management strategy, organizations stall digital progress, often putting their business trajectory at risk. Here’s how to move forward. By Jay Limbasiya, Global AI, Analytics, & Data Management Business Development, Unstructured Data Solutions, Dell Technologies Jun 09, 2023 6 mins Data Management feature How Capital One delivers data governance at scale With hundreds of petabytes of data in operation, the bank has adopted a hybrid model and a ‘sloped governance’ framework to ensure its lines of business get the data they need in real-time. By Thor Olavsrud Jun 09, 2023 6 mins Data Governance Data Management feature Assessing the business risk of AI bias The lengths to which AI can be biased are still being understood. The potential damage is, therefore, a big priority as companies increasingly use various AI tools for decision-making. By Karin Lindstrom Jun 09, 2023 4 mins CIO Artificial Intelligence IT Leadership brandpost Rebalancing through Recalibration: CIOs Operationalizing Pandemic-era Innovation By Kamal Nath, CEO, Sify Technologies Jun 08, 2023 6 mins CIO Digital Transformation Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe