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Difference between CTO and CIO
Sahil Arora
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Please anyone tell me the difference between CIO and CTO Officers,what they are and what they do Actually.
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Optionsqcomer Member Posts: 142Terms differ from company to company, what really matters is the job description until you get up to major organizations.
For instance - some companies will hire a server admin and call them a Technology Directory/CTO/CIO, etc while others will call them an IT Manager. -
OptionsXcluziv Member Posts: 513 ■■■■□□□□□□Here is an article from TechReupublic that gives the distinction between the two. Some things are one in the same but gives a few differences in the job roles
Sanity check: What's the difference between CIO and CTO? | TechRepublic
Chief Information Officer- Serves as the company’s top technology infrastructure manager
- Runs the organization’s internal IT operations
- Works to streamline business processes with technology
- Focuses on internal customers (users and business units)
- Collaborates and manages vendors that supply infrastructure solutions
- Aligns the company’s IT infrastructure with business priorities
- Developers strategies to increase the company’s bottom line (profitability)
- Has to be a skilled and organized manager to be successful
- Serves as the company’s top technology architect
- Runs the organization’s engineering group
- Uses technology to enhance the company’s product offerings
- Focuses on external customers (buyers)
- Collaborates and manages vendors that supply solutions to enhance the company’s product(s)
- Aligns the company’s product architecture with business priorities
- Develops strategies to increase the company’s top line (revenue)
- Has to be a creative and innovative technologist to be successful