CEOs and CIOs must be ‘joined at the hip’

The president and CEO of Alliant Energy said Thursday that chief executive officers and the chief information officers must be "joined at the hip" if information technology is to support a company’s core business.

William Harvey, delivering a keynote address Thursday at the Fusion 2006 CEO-CIO Symposium, offered a CEO’s perspective on how to leverage information technology. He said it starts with alignment between himself and Alliant Energy’s chief information technology officer, David Cagigal. "The management of technology, once implemented in your organization, falls under the rubric of ‘who is driving the business?’ he stated. "David drives the business in our organization because we are joined at the hip in terms of what the business model of our company is."

Joe Vanden Plas

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CIOS ARE CATALYST FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION, SAY CEOS

By Shamus McGillicuddy, News Writer

NEW YORK — CIOs are at the center of a business revolution.

Facing intense competition, market shifts and globalization, 65% of the world’s top corporate executives believe they have to introduce radical change to their companies’ business models in the next two years, according to a new study released Wednesday by IBM.

Many of them say they’re looking to their CIO to lead that charge.

"They’re in the best position to be evangelists, teachers and influencers," says Ken Denman, chairman, president and CEO of iPass Inc., a Redwood Shores, Calif.-based provider of wired and wireless connectivity solutions. "They’re in a great position to be champions."

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