{"id":9410,"date":"2020-06-11T11:02:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T10:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/?p=9410"},"modified":"2023-01-17T10:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T10:26:09","slug":"technology-in-the-workplace-the-role-of-the-cio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/gb\/en\/blog\/technology-in-the-workplace-the-role-of-the-cio\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology in the Workplace: The Role of the CIO"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s predicted that by next year CIOs will be as important a part of workplace culture as HR leaders. Digital transformation is affecting not only our technological, but also our behavioural, expectations in the workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital transformation isn\u2019t restricted to the office. As we learned from the previous CIO insights piece, our expectations regarding access to technology in the workplace are affected by our experience outside of work.<\/span><\/p>\n

The way people want to work is accelerating changes in business technology, which is putting pressure on businesses to keep pace. If employees aren\u2019t provided with the best technology that enables them to perform, they will find and implement tech solutions of their own. The introduction of \u2018shadow IT\u2019 creates an unmanaged and disparate spread of technology tools that increase business costs and potential risks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The way people want to work is accelerating changes in business technology, which is putting pressure on businesses to keep pace. <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span><\/blockquote>\n

Though the cloud has been around for a while, issues around security compatibility and versatility of access hindered adoption rates in its burgeoning years. The introduction of commercial services by the big players, followed by free open source platforms, improved accessibility and as redundancy improved, service delivery became more reliable. Today, cloud capability is rapidly enabling digital transformation in businesses of all sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n

As more technology management is sucked into the cloud, requiring less in-house management, CIOs are forced to consider how this affects their role. Above implementing specific technology into a company\u2019s infrastructure, the basic goal of the CIO is delivering profitability and value to the business. That\u2019s often through the enablement of technology, which goes beyond buying licenses or implementing a VPN.<\/span><\/p>\n