For many CIOs, the value they deliver is elusive. It's not that they do not
create positive business outcomes, it's that they have a hard time demonstrating
value for the money spent. As a result, many IT leaders find themselves trapped
in a vicious cycle of defending their budgets, cutting resources when times are
tight, and struggling to keep pace with an insatiable business appetite for
innovation. Meanwhile, business leaders increasingly rely on the cloud and other
third parties for their technology needs, finding clear tradeoffs between cost,
features, risk, and speed of delivery at their fingertips. CIOs must not only
compete with these alternatives, they must