Information technology has evolved to be the cornerstone of all business activity. Business strategy and technology solutions have become so intertwined that IT is now the driving force behind business success. Gone are the days when companies invested in technology just for technology's sake. Technology investments now need to create measurable payoffs to the bottom line.

As a result of this convergence, a new type of Chief Information Officer has emerged. These CIOs spend the majority of their time on business strategy, working hand-in-hand with business colleagues, not just supporting but actually driving business success.

Today's CIOs need to be strategic thinkers, able to move beyond reactive and even responsive behavior. They need to be predictive, setting the technology agenda based on their understanding of where business and technology are moving. And they need to ensure that all technology investments are driven by business strategy and that IT is being used to ensure agility and innovation throughout the organization.

With the evolution of these strategic CIOs comes a whole new set of information needs and challenges.

These leaders need:
- Techniques for aligning IT with business strategy
- Insight on communicating the business value of IT
- Ideas for leveraging technology for global business advantage
- Strategies that will create tangible business payoffs

These CIOs require new insight and perspective into what drives business success and what causes failures and setbacks. These executives are the final decision-makers responsible for the end results of the technology decisions and implementations; therefore, CIO Insight, a Ziff Davis Media publication, has become their information source of choice.

Every month, CIO Insight provides subscribers with cutting-edge IT business strategies, management techniques, peer and expert business and technology perspectives, proprietary research and analysis, and actionable tools - all designed to help subscribers achieve success. CIO Insight is clearly a must-read for today's CIO.