The document discusses how the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo highlighted the growing importance of CIOs aligning IT with business outcomes and driving innovation. Experts note that modernizing infrastructure is critical to enable innovation and that IT must take a more central role at organizations by having a louder voice on the business side. CIOs are also advised that to drive innovation, retain talent, and ensure continued budget growth, they must provide agile architectures and the right digital tools.

1. IT’s New Starring Role
Gartner Symposium/ITxpo shined a spotlight on
CIOs mastering innovation and business outcomes
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Aligning IT with Business Outcomes Will Be More
Critical as CIOs Step Into the Spotlight
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“If IT is not relevant, then the business is going to become
extinct. We are talking about the business of IT innovating to
make the business of enterprise real.”
E.G. Nadhan,
Chief Technology Strategist
Red Hat

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Laying the Foundation: Infrastructure for Growth,
Agility, and Security
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“Every one dollar in innovation will require another seven dollars
in execution … because the data center is not modernized.
Modernization must come before innovation and
transformation.”
Daryl C. Plummer
VP & Gartner Fellow
Gartner
Beware any attempt at IT innovation with backward
technology.

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Technology Change Meets Culture Change
IT is moving to a more central role at many organizations.
This includes having a louder voice on the business side
and on the board.
“You need to be a business leader first and a technology leader
second.”
Karen Etzkorn
CIO, HSN, Inc.
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When Customers (and Employees) Rule, IT Funds
Flow
To drive innovation and retain talent, CIOs must ensure
that their organizations have agile architectures and the
right digital tools.
“Organizations that saved money consistently, and were able to
go out into the business and identify opportunities, were awarded
with five times the increase in topline IT budget.”
David A. Willis
VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner
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““The companies that are going to thrive in the
decades ahead—no matter what industry they are
in—are the ones who figure out how to use the
digital environment to enhance their customer
experience.”
David A. Willis
VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

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