In this week's edition of news for IT pros, we round up takeaways from recent CIO events that may help CIOs find their way through challenges ahead.
Early 2016 events forecast a busy year for CIOs
CIOs today need to get used to a faster pace of innovation, as they face “a tsunami of converging technologies: cloud, Internet of Things, mobile, and data and analytics, with robots, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing all coming into play.” In this CIO.com opinion piece, Gary Matuszak advises CIOs to get senior management on board with a comprehensive, agile tech strategy as well as invest in talent to ensure that fast-moving technology doesn't pass them by.
That sentiment was echoed at the Wall Street Journal's CIO Network annual meeting this month, which highlighted an environment of increasing uncertainty for CIOs. This week, the WSJ provided an excellent roundup of actionable takeaways for CIOs from the event. Among the advice: create a culture of data, look to the customer to understand where to innovate, and build relationships throughout the business to become a trusted advisor.
If you are brand new to the role of CIO and facing all of these challenges with fresh eyes, don't be overwhelmed. TechTarget has a 120-day-plan for new CIOs to make their mark and begin demonstrating their value from the start. The article also touches on common mistakes that new CIOs make, and how they can measure their success in those first critical months.
These topics and more were also discussed at Computer Weekly’s first CW500 Club of 2016, which brought CIOs together to discuss the key trends and challenges ahead. Highlights from this event can be found here: Skills, changing roles and cloud among key trends for CIOs in 2016.
More news for CIOs
Let’s bring back the balance between IT and business [InfoWorld]
As mobile apps for employees proliferate, CIOs get involved [TechTarget]
Dealing With Careless Users as a CIO [SmartDataCollective]
