June 20168 Today's CIOs should look to expand their strategic goals beyond the relentless focus on cost control and risk reduction in order to become a driving force in their organisation's business innovation.CIOs are expected more than ever to lead business transformation whilst leveraging cloud, mobility applications, big data initiatives and ensuring that the broader business is ready to embrace or even drive the next wave of disruption within their industries. However, with all the talk of new wave technologies, achieving the right business outcomes is ultimately about getting the data right. This means extracting value from disparate data sources and delivering it in a secure, timely and consistent fashion.Increasingly, we are hearing from our customers that "Yes" and they want us to help them protect their data, but how can we also help them activate that data to innovate within their business and drive high value outcomes. The traditional role of the CIO is extending far more into a driving force for the busi-ness through modernisa-tion and transforma-tion, as opposed to just cost control and risk reduction. So the question around all of these new technolo-gies ­ cloud, hyper-converged infrastruc-ture, big data, etc. ­ is, how do we architect data By Owen Taraniuk, Vice President, Asia Pacific and Japan, CommvaultCommvault is a data protection and information management solutions provider that helps companies protect, access and share information, across the enterprise as a powerful strategic asset.IN MY VIEWOwen TaraniukMessage for CIOs: Stop Thinking about Risk Avoidance and Cost
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