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Rethinking enterprise architects’ roles for agile transformation

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CIOs often have a love-hate relationship with enterprise architecture. On the one hand, enterprise architects play a key role in selecting platforms, developing technical capabilities, and driving standards. The sponsor’s primary responsibility is to secure funding and justify the business value of the investment.

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The rise of the chief transformation officer

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Yet unlike his peers, Wiedenbeck’s dual roles — the top technology executive as well as the transformation lead at Ameritas — are often at odds. As chief technology officer, Wiedenbeck is driving automation and IT modernization to reduce complexity and technical debt.

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The state of CIO salaries: Rising to meet the prominence of the role

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The rise of retention awards With technology initiatives increasingly critical to business success and board-level priorities, companies are offering substantial retention packages to tech leaders, further contributing to the overall rise in compensation, Heller says. They also want to see candidates who can demonstrate enterprise leadership.

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2024 CIO Hall of Fame inductees on the future of the CIO role

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As the IT chief at Ally Financial, and one of this year’s 10 CIO Hall of Fame inductees , Muthukrishnan says the position has evolved into one that is now “a strategic partner for the enterprise.” He and his colleagues have generated more than 30 patents in the manufacturing, payments, and digital technology categories.

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What CIOs should consider before pursuing CEO ambitions

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“We see the relevance of the CIO role increasing, but not necessarily that more are becoming CEOs,” says Gabriela Vogel, senior director analyst in the Executive Leadership of Digital Business practice at Gartner. She explains that CIO significance is growing because boards require trusted advice on the impact of technologies like AI.

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Learn from IT Thought Leaders at FutureIT D.C.

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He will bring his story and lessons about leadership and disruption to the FutureIT Washington, D.C. Robert Ford, vice president, enterprise strategy, at CoreStack will discuss how to unlock greater cloud value. Change Management, Cloud Computing, Data and Information Security, Data Breach, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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5 IT risks CIOs should be paranoid about

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CIOs should be drivers of change — which can create stress — while taking proactive and ongoing steps to reduce stress in their organization and across the company. GenAI is a new catalyst, and 54% of workers say they rely on AI tools, while 51% have managers that encourage AI usage, according to the AI at work pulse survey.