Technology's place in the corporate world has changed completely over the past decades. No longer a black art concealed in clean rooms and worshipped by a sect of techies, IT is now a commodity and an extremely flexible one at that. So it's hardly surprising that today IT spending is assessed by a wider audience.
Where is all this leading? Just how much of the IT spend will be decided by the CIO in a few years time? Should crafty CIOs be changing their job spec and title? This is what I'm looking at for the January FT Connected Business*.
I'm seeking comment from companies that have already placed technology spending in the hands of a business team outside of the IT department. I'm also interested in hearing from CIOs who think that this is not a good idea at all.
I'll be conducting interviews across the week commencing January 6 and hope to conclude my research by close of play on Friday January 10.
*Shifting IT Budgets: Who controls corporate IT spending? Gartner predicts that by 2020 90% of IT investment will be decided by business teams other than the IT department. In some companies Chief Marketing Officers already control a sizeable chunk of IT spending. What does this mean for the CIO?
Where is all this leading? Just how much of the IT spend will be decided by the CIO in a few years time? Should crafty CIOs be changing their job spec and title? This is what I'm looking at for the January FT Connected Business*.
I'm seeking comment from companies that have already placed technology spending in the hands of a business team outside of the IT department. I'm also interested in hearing from CIOs who think that this is not a good idea at all.
I'll be conducting interviews across the week commencing January 6 and hope to conclude my research by close of play on Friday January 10.
*Shifting IT Budgets: Who controls corporate IT spending? Gartner predicts that by 2020 90% of IT investment will be decided by business teams other than the IT department. In some companies Chief Marketing Officers already control a sizeable chunk of IT spending. What does this mean for the CIO?
