Since I didn’t find any new job announcements about CIOs this morning, I decided to whip up a quick post about an article that appeared on Computing’s web site today. The article, which is based on research from Gartner, posits that the CIO role is going to change dramatically this year. Where CIOs have focused their attentions inside their organizations on cost-cutting and operational efficiency over the past several years, 2006 is going to see them more focused on innovation and enabling their companies’ growth. How does that prediction match up with what you see yourself doing this year? Use the feedback mechanism to weigh in.The article also quotes a Gartner VP who says the CIO role is going to become even more challenging this year, as CIOs struggle to meet their companies’ expectations that IT will give them a competitive edge. John Gantz, IDC’s chief research officer, made a similar comment about companies’ heightened expectations of IT and the challenges they pose to CIOs yesterday when he and his colleague Frank Gens offered their predictions for 2006. (IDC is a sister company to CIO’s publisher, CXO Media.) Check out Frank’s blog. Are you concerned about your companies’ expectation of what IT can do? Do you feel more pressure this year to meet the needs of the business? Do you think the CIO role is getting harder? Please share your thoughts. Related content feature We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well As products become more based in software, CIO roles will increasingly align with CIOs who’ve been selling software for decades, like Jim Palermo, CIO of open source solution provider Red Hat. By Martha Heller Nov 15, 2023 7 mins CIO Software Deployment Marketing feature New US CIO appointments, November 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller Nov 08, 2023 9 mins CIO Careers IT Leadership interview How Huber spurs innovation in a historically decentralized business With IT/OT convergence, digital technologies, and the growing importance of data, Huber CIO Dwain Wilcox leads the creation of a cross-functional, cross-business innovation engine. By Martha Heller Aug 23, 2023 6 mins CIO Enterprise Cloud Management interview CIO Ryan Snyder on the benefits of interpreting data as a layer cake Thermo Fisher Scientific CIO Ryan Snyder discusses a tiered model used to turn data into value at the $40 billion laboratory equipment and instrument maker. By Martha Heller Aug 02, 2023 8 mins CIO Data Architecture Data Governance 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