CIO role changing from delivery to biz executive

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Digitalisation and technological innovation are changing the nature of the job of the chief information officer (CIO). Leaders are rapidly scaling their digital businesses, making the remainder of this year and 2018 a defining moment for CIOs who don’t want to be left behind. Gartner, Inc.’s annual global survey of CIOs showed that their role is transitioning from delivery executive to business executive, from controlling cost and engineering processes, to driving revenue and exploiting data. Gartner analysts presented the survey findings last week. The 2018 Gartner CIO Agenda Survey gathered data from 3,160 respondents in 98 countries and all major