1、The CIO role:An enduring guidepost for digital innovationState of the CIO Study 2024Executive SummaryWhile optimization and modernization efforts still dominate the IT agenda,CIOs are taking the lead on steering a future digital business course.Foundry an IDG,Ipany2FoundryState of the CIO Survey 202

2、4Firmly ensconced in a digital innovation leadership role,CIOs continue to expand their remit,direct strategic initiatives,and serve as effective change makers as organizations navigate operational and business model changes.Closer alignment and positive bridge-building between IT and line of busine

3、ss is helping to advance core strategy while positioning IT leaders as trusted advisors to guide both technology investments and digital business roadmaps.Even as CIOs play a critical role in navigating future strategy,they remain tethered to efforts to optimize,modernize,and secure existing technol

4、ogy infrastructure.According to the 2024 State of the CIO,which surveyed 875 IT leaders and 251 line of business(LOB)participants,functional and transformational activities still command the lions share of IT leaders time,much like prior years.Even so,there are signs that the pendulum is swinging ba

5、ck to strategy work as companies solidify plans for the next phase of digital business,anchored on intelligence and fueled by data,analytics,and emerging AI technologies.While the majority(40%)of IT leaders surveyed are transformational CIOs,the characterization was down slightly from last year,at 4

6、5%.The number of respondents ascribing a strategic focus to their CIO role edged up slightly to 35%,compared to 32%last year.A quarter claimed the functional CIO mantle,pretty similar to the 2023 State of the CIO findings,at 23%.When asked which archetype most closely aligns with their current role,