Technology is sweeping through all sectors and industries giving birth to new business models and presenting a need for a more focused approach toward digital-led innovation in organizations. In this backdrop, CIOs in the C-Suite are emerging as the main directors of digital transformation.

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) have a chance to step forward as digital leaders, and further their organizations through tech-driven development, people management, and skills building. According to a report by Forrester, they are primed to play huge roles in automation, analytics, and cloud.

Here we look at how the strategic priorities of CIOs are changing, and how they will emerge as the new business strategists in 2020 and beyond.

Changing Role of CIOs

The title of the CIO emerged around the 1980s. Back then, it was a new position, and highly technical. It was filled by a technologically skilled leader who would oversee everything related to information technology – including resources and staff spent on the same. With time, as technology attained a central position in every department, CIOs rewrote their role – not only as of the steerers of technology but also true business strategists and partners to the CEOs.

Today, CIOs are the source behind the technological prowess of a company, which is finding use in every department and function. They direct the speed and efficiency of the infusion of technology in business operations and processes.

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