Chief information officers (CIOs) need to demonstrate non-IT skills as firms increasingly look for broader capabilities, according to the findings of a recent study.
Conducted by Gartner, the research suggested that companies are looking for such attributes as technology moves more into the sphere of business, vnunet.com reports.
"For the past few years we have detected some intriguing CIO hiring trends. CIO candidates are not required to have formal technology-oriented backgrounds but must be able to show that they have managed a non-IT business unit," stated Gartner Analyst and Fellow Ken McGee.
While professional qualifications and competence are still necessary for people wanting to achieve the status of CIO, they will not be sufficient in the future, he added.
Recently, Seamus Reilly, Head of Information Security at consultancy firm Ernst & Young, warned that IT teams may become isolated if they fail to equip their employees with the necessary business skills, IT Week reported.
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