How are technology leaders helping their organizations adapt to the accelerating change and complexity that mark today’s competitive and economic landscape? To find out, we spoke in person with 3,018 CIOs, spanning 71 countries and 18 industries. Public and private sector CIOs described both the challenges and opportunities from increasing complexity. They shared how they are innovating with technology for organizational success.
These in-person conversations, along with our statistical analyses of responses, underscore the ever-more vital role of the CIO.
Spotlight
2011 Global CIO Study -- The Essential CIO For a quick overview of the Study findings, read the executive summary (704KB, 8 pages)
For a quick overview of the Study findings, read the executive summary
Peterborough puts sustainability on the map Discover how this English city is enabling citizens to make smarter decisions about resource use while allowing utilities, government and businesses to share information for the first time (568KB, 2 pages)
Discover how this English city is enabling citizens to make smarter decisions about resource use while allowing utilities, government and businesses to share information for the first time
Wema Bank reaches customers in new ways Read how Nigeria's oldest indigenous bank created a responsive IT platform, and strengthened its brand appeal through new services (568KB, 2 pages)
Read how Nigeria's oldest indigenous bank created a responsive IT platform, and strengthened its brand appeal through new services
Research and Insights
As Marketing moves to leverage information technology the need for CMO and CIO collaboration has never been greater IBM's Institute for Business Value analyzes nearly 5000 interviews with CMOs and CIOs to provide fresh insights
IBM's Institute for Business Value analyzes nearly 5000 interviews with CMOs and CIOs to provide fresh insights into the more… value of improved collaboration between CMOs and CIOs. It is a clear response to the radical shifts occurring in both the Marketing and Information Technology (IT) fields. less
Global CIO Study Highlights for Retail, Consumer Products, Travel, Transportation (Click the PDF link below to select your industry) Global CIO Study Highlights for Retail, Consumer Products, Travel, Transportation
Global CIO Study Highlights for Retail, Consumer Products, Travel, Transportation
Global CIO Study Highlights for Communications, Media and Entertainment, and Energy and Utilities (Click the PDF link below to select your industry) Global CIO Study Highlights for Communications, Media and Entertainment, and Energy and Utilities
Global CIO Study Highlights for Communications, Media and Entertainment, and Energy and Utilities
Global CIO Study Highlights for Banking, Insurance, Financial Markets (Click the PDF link below to select your industry) Global CIO Study Highlights for Banking, Insurance, Financial Markets
Global CIO Study Highlights for Banking, Insurance, Financial Markets
Global CIO Study Highlights for Government, Healthcare, Life Sciences (Click the PDF link below to select your industry) Global CIO Study Highlights for Government, Healthcare, Life Sciences
Global CIO Study Highlights for Government, Healthcare, Life Sciences
Global CIO Study Highlights for Automotive and Electronics, and Chemicals and Petroleum (Click the PDF link below to select your industry) Global CIO Study Highlights for Automotive and Electronics, and Chemicals and Petroleum
Global CIO Study Highlights for Automotive and Electronics, and Chemicals and Petroleum
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The Essential CIO (0:50)
Janet Horan of IBM introduces the 2011 Global CIO Study
Solutions
Gain insights and optimize results Business Analytics and Optimization solutions can provide a new path to value
Despite an abundance of data and content, most decision makers act without the right information and more… insight. Organizations that connect people with trusted, relevant information and foster a fact-based culture are able to confidently predict, plan and act to optimize business outcomes. less
Rethink IT. Reinvent Business. Learn more about smart, secure and ready for business SmartCloud solutions
IBM is building out its existing cloud portfolio with IBM SmartCloud, its next-generation, enterprise more… cloud technologies and services offerings for private, public and hybrid clouds based on IBM hardware, software, services and best practices. less
Smarter Computing: a new era of IT Discover how Optimized Systems, Big Data and Cloud can fuel innovation and drive greater efficiencies
Enterprises in every industry can leverage breakthroughs in technology to create new business models, more… new ways of delivering technology based services and generate new insights from IT to fuel innovation and dramatically improve the Economics of IT. New technology innovations signal that we are entering a new era of computing Smarter Computing the era of Insight for Discovery. less
Optimize business performance Find out how Business Process Management can Increase business and IT agility by continuously improving core business processes
Business process management is a discipline that allows business and IT to collaborate to model, simulate, more… execute, rapidly change, monitor and optimize core business processes. less
Events
The 2011 Global IBM CIO Study -- The Essential CIO This on demand web event features a presentation on the findings of the Study and a panel discussion of CIOs
The 2011 IBM Global CIO Study will be introduced at a web event broadcast live from the Smarter Planet more… Executive Conference on May 19th. The event will be available on demand following the live session. less
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