Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The CIO was Katherine Hudson, who is considered by many people to have launched the modern IT outsourcing movement while at Kodak. They're savvy about mobility, broadband internet, smartphone apps, and the value of a good CIO. In the early 1990s, Kodak's IT function was focused on systems and internal services.

CIO 9

CIO Outsourcing Cost Center Film 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 16, 2014

In too many companies, IT leaders, relegated to their cost centers, are subordinate to other C-level executives. As a consequence, CIOs work on go-to-market strategies as well as on acquiring and retaining new customers. To borrow a computer-science term, the denotational semantics are all wrong.

CIO 9

CIO Information Technology Forrester Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

An impatient marketing or finance manager would, on the sly, secure some extra budget money and hire a contractor to build a little database that tracked mailing addresses or top-line financials. Slowly but surely, as the little database grew bigger and bigger, the manager would wedge the cost into her operating budget.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain CIO Budgeting Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

If a close competitor is doing a similar deal, for example, or others in the industry are aligned with the strategy or direction, it will help Top Dogs bring shareholders on board. CSO, CFO, CIO, IT, Ops (Practice Leaders): Typically, these decision makers run cost centers as opposed to generating revenue.

P&L 8

P&L Due Diligence CIO COO 8