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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

A second new component of the IT function should be dedicated to this category of work: the Enterprise Integration Group (EIG). EIG is responsible for enterprise architecture, the center of expertise for simplification and integration methods, process and program management. Participating in Strategy Formulation.

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CMOs and CIOs Need to Get Along to Make Big Data Work

Harvard Business Review

The CIO is becoming a strategic partner that is crucial to developing and executing marketing strategy.”. The CMO and CIO (and potentially the CTO) must bring complete transparency to the process. The BIO must understand and translate business strategy into an IT enterprise architecture strategy and help guide technology investments.

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