IT’s New Starring Role

Gartner Symposium/ITxpo shined a spotlight on

CIOs mastering innovation and business outcomes

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Aligning IT with Business Outcomes Will Be More

Critical as CIOs Step Into the Spotlight

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“If IT is not relevant, then the business is going to become

extinct. We are talking about the business of IT innovating to

make the business of enterprise real.”

E.G. Nadhan,

Chief Technology Strategist

Red Hat

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Laying the Foundation: Infrastructure for Growth,

Agility, and Security

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“Every one dollar in innovation will require another seven dollars

in execution … because the data center is not modernized.

Modernization must come before innovation and

transformation.”

Daryl C. Plummer

VP & Gartner Fellow

Gartner

Beware any attempt at IT innovation with backward

technology.

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Technology Change Meets Culture Change

IT is moving to a more central role at many organizations.

This includes having a louder voice on the business side

and on the board.

“You need to be a business leader first and a technology leader

second.”

Karen Etzkorn

CIO, HSN, Inc.

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When Customers (and Employees) Rule, IT Funds

Flow

To drive innovation and retain talent, CIOs must ensure

that their organizations have agile architectures and the

right digital tools.

“Organizations that saved money consistently, and were able to

go out into the business and identify opportunities, were awarded

with five times the increase in topline IT budget.”

David A. Willis

VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

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““The companies that are going to thrive in the

decades ahead—no matter what industry they are

in—are the ones who figure out how to use the

digital environment to enhance their customer

experience.”

David A. WillisVP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

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