CIO Last modified: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Short for Chief Information Officer, CIO is a job title given to someone within an enterprise who heads, at the executive board level, information technology within an organization. The CIO is largely responsible for the computer systems and the information technology (IT) that support the organization, and works within the organization's budget to oversee the IT implementation, often reporting to the organization's CFO (Chief Financial Officer). Within the organization, the job of a CIO is to overall derive greater demonstrable business value from IT spent. CIO is a job title that is most commonly used in the military, enterprise and larger business organizations.
•E-mail this definition to a colleague• For internet.com pages about CIO . Also check out the following links! CIO Information Network  Practical news, analysis and advice to help chief information officers and other high-level IT executives. Five Mentors Every CIO Needs  Compared to people who have mastered the art of getting help from others, if you rely too much on your talents and energy alone, you are at an extreme disadvantage. Mentors can have a bigger impact on your success than virtually anything outside your own efforts. There are five types of mentors that every CIO needs. Tips for Implementing ITIL Short for IT Infrastructure Library, ITIL is an infrastructure library, initially developed in the U.K. ITIL is a widely accepted approach to IT service management and provides a cohesive set of best practices drawn from the public and private sectors internationally. What Savvy CIOs Know About CFO Speak If there's a fundamental mistake made by CIOs in dealing with CFOs it's going into meetings talking CIO talk - clouds, SaaS, virtualization, and not getting that the CFO may not understand and, critically, may not care at all.	Business Computing Business Intelligence business process business service management ERP IT IT Infrastructure Library ITIL Give Us Your Feedback Shopping CIO Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Magazine and Newspaper Subscriptions 8 Model Matches Books 25 Model Matches