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 interview Broadcom’s Andy Nallappan on what cloud success really looks like The CTO, CSO, and head of software engineering and operations knows firsthand that a successful move to the cloud is all about changing the culture and replacing on-prem’s sunk cost mentality with incentivized FinOps. By Martha Heller May 31, 2023 8 mins Technology Industry IT Strategy Cloud Computing interview Accenture’s Penelope Prett on the predictive value of data The chief information, data, and analytics officer at the $61 billion consulting firm contends that the true power of data resides in the predictive capabilities that come from interconnections between different data domains. By Martha Heller May 17, 2023 7 mins Chief Data Officer Predictive Analytics Data Management feature New US CIO appointments, May 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller May 10, 2023 22 mins CIO Careers IT Leadership feature GlobalFoundries overhauls its process owner model to drive transformation CDO Brad Clay spearheaded a new global business process ownership model to help fuel the semiconductor manufacturer’s transformation from a high-volume commodity business to a high-value one. By Martha Heller Apr 26, 2023 6 mins Business Process Management 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