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Wednesday, 10 February 2010
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Top Five Strategic Priorities for CIOs
Manage and Prioritize IT Demand
Create Agile Service Delivery Model
Continue to Drive Out IT Cost
Retain Top Talent
Implement IT Portfolio Management

By Laton McCartney

Every year, the Hackett Group, a global strategic advisory firm, polls IT leaders at major companies to identify their strategic priorities. For 2010, these priorities have largely have been framed by the impact of the recent economic crisis. According to Hackett, they clearly show the reality of both ongoing and permanent cutbacks in resources relative to the business demand for IT services.

In other words, CIOs are necessarily seeking to do less with more. And they're relying on a new service delivery model to do this, said IT advisory practice leader Honorio Padron. "The big change is that the service delivery model has moved from a platform center to a service center," Padron told CIOZone. Given that change, here are the top five strategic priorities based on Hackett's interviews with 300-plus companies.



 
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