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The future role of the CIO – or CEO , or both ? Today ’ s CIO has to bring a business mindset to an organisation by driving it into a digital-first , customer-centric and datadriven future , according to Craig Walker - SVP , Strategic Customer Advisor to the Office of CEO at Salesforce . “ Increasingly , CEOs consider their CIO as a key ally in their digital transformation journey . This has led to the rising influence of the CIO , elevation on more company boards to drive strategic and corporate decisions . So in the digital economy , we will see more CEOs with a digital background and more CIOs becoming CEOs .”
The future is agility for all The velocity at which digital transformation has moved over the last 18 months has shown global enterprise how necessity – and crisis – results in courage when it comes to adaptation . Despite all , and inevitable , associated

DX stats

73 %

UK firms said they lacked the talent to complete AI and data science initiatives – SnapLogic

30 %

IT projects spiked by 30 % in 2020 compared to the previous year
– Mulesoft Connectivity Benchmark Report 2021
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