Comments on: Executive CIO http://ciomind.biz/2007/03/03/executive-cio/ Do you REALLY want to know what’s inside? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:05:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Felix Enescu http://ciomind.biz/2007/03/03/executive-cio/#comment-54 Felix Enescu Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:00:19 +0000 http://ciomind.biz/2007/03/03/executive-cio/#comment-54 Thanks for the comment. You are right. One actually need both: business acumen and technology knowledge. Thanks for the comment. You are right. One actually need both: business acumen and technology knowledge.

]]> By: Will Weider http://ciomind.biz/2007/03/03/executive-cio/#comment-53 Will Weider Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:04:22 +0000 http://ciomind.biz/2007/03/03/executive-cio/#comment-53 The ideal is that a CIO is grounded in both the business and technology management. I don't accept an either/or proposition. While I cam out of IT, I have a strict business focus in my strategy development and policy making. But in the oversight of IT operations, my IT knowledge is invaluable. I am constantly woking. Having said that, some of the best CIOs I know (like Greg Smith at Wheaton Heath Care) have come from the business end. The ideal is that a CIO is grounded in both the business and technology management. I don’t accept an either/or proposition. While I cam out of IT, I have a strict business focus in my strategy development and policy making. But in the oversight of IT operations, my IT knowledge is invaluable. I am constantly woking.

Having said that, some of the best CIOs I know (like Greg Smith at Wheaton Heath Care) have come from the business end.

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