Discussion with EMC’s Chuck Hollis

I had a very constructive conversation with Chuck Hollis of EMC recently where we covered such concepts as the CIO as the ‘CFO of information’. Chuck suggesting that this analogy would encourage the organisation to see information as an asset to be exploited. It would also encourage the CIO to be more focused on those aspects of IT that best serve the business.

We also touched on how web 2.0 / social networking will lead to organisations having to relinquish control over their staff and their brand messaging.

We both felt that the role of the CIO and the  IT function was morphing. It likely being the case that for the IT function to remain relevant it will need to reinvent itself as the Business Process department. Similarly CIOs will need to move from tech-centric and operations focused to business-centric and boardroom-ready.

I’ll post a link on this blog when the discussion is printed in EMC’s ON magazine.