The state of IT: Primed for uncertainty

Thanks to shifts since the last downturn, IT is poised to weather economic turbulence with confidence

 

Instead of bracing for the downturn and merely hoping to ride it out, Riddel says CIOs should embrace it as an opportunity to show just what IT can do.

"There's a great opportunity to step up and use the market downturn to change your relationship with your business peers," he says. "In my personal experience, the times I felt my career surge forward was when there was a big ugly problem no one else wanted to deal with. My advice to my CIO friends is don't wait for the CFO to come knocking on your door asking for help. Walk in there today and give him your five best ideas for boosting the bottom line."

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Dan Tynan is contributing editor at InfoWorld and author of the Tynan on Technology blog.