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To me, the CIO is the person in charge of the IT infrastructure. That is, making sure computers are working, that the network and the servers are up, etc. It's
by ddebernardy 8y ago
To me, the CIO is the person in charge of the IT infrastructure. That is, making sure computers are working, that the network and the servers are up, etc. It's a distraction for the CTO, so even in a SaaS business I'd expect to see someone owning infrastructure sooner or later.
- ido 8y agoNowhere I worked has this been a C-level position (granted I never worked for giant companies like MS, Google, Amazon).
- kthejoker2 8y agoA CIO is usually in charge of budget, strategy, planning, and execution of internal IT initiatives at a company. Priorities and projects, vendors, licensing, capex/opex, support and maintenance, etc. A CTO is usually focused on delivering company value through technology. So in oil and gas this may be drilling tech and seismic imaging software, in retail it's the mobile app and the in store kiosks, etc.