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Why Information Technology directors need a digital makeover

KENYA: Information technology and strategy are now so much a part of each other that senior managers are — or should be — information officers. If so, has the position of Chief Information Officer (or IT director) outlived its usefulness?

Back in the prehistoric days of information technology — about 30 years ago — many companies opted to deal with the frighteningly complicated matter of “machines and men” by creating the position of CIO. This newfangled manager, companies hoped, would protect them from and prepare them for the coming technology revolution.

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