The CIO is Here to Stay!

Link: Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Twilight of the CIO. As much as I enjoy reading Nick's blog, from time to time he will post something so utterly absurd that it makes me question whether or not he simply looks for data that fits neatly into his IT vision or his next book?

What is it that will make the CIO disappear? Some executive that has learned to use a browser and a couple of Web 2.0 apps suddenly is tech savvy enough to understand enterprise messaging  (even if outsourced), data warehousing, knowledge management, disaster recovery, application development, anywhere/anytime access, security and a host of additional "stuff" that CIO's worry about on a daily basis?

This is the danger of "pure punditry" --credibility in  a particular space all of a sudden turns into a license to pontificate about matters wherein they know very little.

I can assure you that any CIO worth his salt (and CEO for that matter) does not believe that CIO's will be disappearing anytime soon. The job, despite often under appreciated, is becoming more important not less!