Cloud Computing: CIO – The centre of value creation
February 28, 2014
Grazed from ITWeb. Author: Editorial Staff.
Global trends, like big data, cloud computing and advanced security threats, are challenging the relationship between IT and the business, forcing a new operating model for IT. As a result, today’s CIOs must act as independent service providers, competing for the end-user’s business in an open marketplace.
That’s the opinion of Servaas Venter, country manager of EMC Southern Africa, who says CIOs are at the centre of value creation. "As brokers of value, CIOs will find that protecting corporate data and improving productivity are the top goals of their major technology investments over the next 12 months," Venter says…
A survey conducted by EMC and IDG of more than 500 leaders in South Africa, France, Germany, the UK, Italy and Russia identified the following priorities in investment goals: protecting corporate data (49%); improving productivity (39%); improving service levels and lowering costs (33%); and better access to real-time information as well as enabling mobile workers (32%)…
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