Successful CIOs spend more time on the business side of their job and engaging with business stakeholders than the average CIO. The total number of IT hours worked is expected to drop by 25% by 2015. And cloud computing is expected to save as much as 21% annually. These are just a few of the statistics compiled in Wikibon’s The Changing Role of the CIO infographic.

Another stat that caught my eye: five of the top 10 highest paid CIOs are women, even though only 10% of the CIO positions at the Fortune 500 are women. That should be seen as a major validation of efficacy of women not just in the CIO role but in IT in general. The top five highest paid CIOs include: Margaret M. Mccarthy of Aetna ($5.11 million), Lori A. Beer of Wellpoint ($4.47 million) and Deborah Butler ($3.16 million) of Norfolk Southern.

Via: Wikibon

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The changing role of the CIO has been a hot topic for the past couple years as shadow IT has become increasingly common thanks to hosted services, mobile has driven consumerization and cloud adoption and now big data is increasing demands on operations. Another great source for information on this transformation is Constellation Group founder Ray Wang’s report on the four personas of the next generation CIO: Chief “Infrastructure” Officers, Chief “Integration” Officers, Chief “Intelligence” Officers and Chief “Innovation” Officers.

CIOs making this transition should be looking to service providers that can help their organizations make the transition to cloud architecture and optimize infrastructure for the real-time Web and big data.