IT spending is on the rise, with companies on average spending more than 5 percent of revenues on IT (up from about 3 percent from just a few years ago). Largely as a result of that investment, IT is becoming more strategic and more complex. While at the same time CEOs are complaining that CIOs just don’t get it. IT is keeping the lights on, but CEOs aren’t getting the strategic foresight and innovation they are looking for from IT leaders.
The message to CIOs is clear: there is categorically no substitute for developing strategy-level relationships with senior business decision-makers and other constituencies. These relationships form the backbone for advancing IT and providing higher value to business partners.
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