In 1981, William Synnott and William Gruber were the first to coin the term Chief Information Officer. They foresaw that the growing integration of technology at different levels of corporate functioning would need an intelligent human resource, dedicated entirely to manage the information aspect of operations, which they deemed as “growth critical.” Over time, the proliferation of varied...
How to identify and hire the ideal CIO for your startup?
The emergence and intelligently designed intersection of a slew of modern technology and smart devices, is fast altering the way we operate our business and shaping the patterns of how we are going about our daily lives. What fast-emerging technologies are impacting first and the most is the way commerce is being conducted across time and distance barriers. This in turn means the people at the...
Key points to consider before you choose to hire a CIO
In today’s blitz speed digital age, the management and security of intricately connected networks and valuable business data is a crucial, full time responsibility. IT is today a formidable business tool and to leverage it to one’s advantage, what is needed is a human resource that can deploy it tactically across different pockets of the functioning of an enterprise. This resource is none other...