The CIO of a well-known private sector bank was asked a question by his top management: What value are you adding to the business? Unable to give a convincing answer, the poor fellow had serious doubts about his future in the company. In these tough times, companies look for ways to trim expenditure; executives are increasingly being asked to justify their existence -- salaries are a major overhead. As companies increasingly outsource the management of its infrastructure, and with executives like the CFO making purchasing decisions, what's left for a CIO to do in an organization?
I posed this ...