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The Role of the CIO Director
When CIOs join boards, they will find their peers leaning on their IT expertise when talk turns to:
- Evaluating the fit of strategy and IT
- Understanding new technologies in lay terms
- Translating IT plans into business vocabulary
- Interviewing and hiring a new CIO
- Vetting IT risks/opportunities in acquisitions
- Monitoring large IT investments
- Auditing IT infrastructure for risks, reliability
- Counseling IT staff on selected strategic issues
SOURCE: CIO Insight research, company and governance sources
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