The New Breed of CIO

The May issue of Smart Enterprise magazine centers on the new breed of CIO that has adapted to the changing IT environment, and the skills CIOs need to possess in order to work as true peers of their fellow C-level executives. Our cover story features CIOs from SanDisk, Embarq and Achievo that are becoming increasingly savvy on all business fronts, including working directly with the business units, participating at board meetings and driving innovation across the enterprise.

This month’s case study features former CIO turned CEO Christopher Lofgren at Schneider National Inc., who shows how CIOs can achieve success as chief executive well outside the technology mainstream.

Other articles explore how Service level Management is transforming IT with a spotlight on  Donald Gordon, CIO at the San Francisco Health Plan (SFHP's) who uses Service Level Management to gauge how effectively his IT operations is serving  SFHP`s business operations.

Check out the results of Smart Enterprise’s exclusive IT executive survey featured in the Market Trends section and gain insight from our Best Practices article that includes the CIOs guide to data center consolidation.

Smart Enterprise is dedicated to helping CIOs and IT executives become transformational figures in their organizations.  The magazine is produced by CA in conjunction with United Business Media, publisher of InformationWeek and CRN.

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