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Why Can't a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

Harvard Business Review

They fulfill this role by delegating responsibility and establishing control systems such as budgets, directives, audits, and oversight to drive fiscal compliance. CIO''s must re-invigorate the vision of 1987, when the inaugural issue of CIO magazine stated that, "information is a corporate asset to be managed by a top-ranking executive."

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Is Your Organization Ready for Total Digitization?

Harvard Business Review

At Boeing, all enterprise technology (including digital) investments are managed by the CTO, which enables significant synergies. But with just one or two overarching enterprise goals, the coordination approach helps to create a consistent customer experience or, in some companies, ensures regulatory compliance.

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