The CIO Dilemma

Forbes.com (May 11 2009) Cloud Computing

1. All signs point to a recovery. Intel said the worst is over. Cisco said its sales have bottomed out. And Apple's numbers, based largely on iPhone sales, are actually up. So why, after almost 17 months of recession, are most CIOs still scrambling just to keep their organizations running? There is no simple answer to that question, but at least there is an answer, albeit a complicated one, based on historical perceptions of technology, economics and the rising complexity and a broader job mandate of the CIO. Add them all up and you have to wonder how a CIO can survive in this position for very long. Historically, IT was supposed to boost efficiency. That was the pitch from companies such as IBM ( IBM - news - people ) and Hewlett-Packard ( HPQ - news - people ). For the first three decades of the commercial mainframe computer industry, gains in efficiency were considered non-measurable. In ... (Read Full Article)

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