Recently, I was fortunate enough to get some time with the CIO of a mid-sized financial services company. When I asked him what his most pressing priority was for 2024, he answered, “taming the data storm.”
CIOs are no longer viewed as just the owner of an IT system, working in the background and only heard from when there’s a major upgrade planned, or there’s downtime. However, they are often tasked with driving ROI by making the right moves with foundational cloud systems and data and IT operations, as well as how the organization uses new technology to work efficiently and serve customers more effectively.
CIOs also need to prioritize data-driven initiatives that can have a measurable impact on the customer experience, as those initiatives have a greater potential business impact, according to this CIO study of 2024 priorities conducted by PwC.
Read more in https://www.datamanagementblog.com. Originally published on March 19, 2024.
