March 20178 HBF was established in 1941 as the Metropolitan Hospital Benefit Fund, with the core purpose of providing affordable health services to as many Western Australians as possible.By David Gollan, CIO, HBFThe IT industry has been changing at a very fast pace. The extension of IT industry has linked devices in varying the techniques as business operates across all sectors. As the IT industry evolves to meet the technology demands of today's workplace, different challenges are arising and IT professionals are striving to meet them. Network security is by far the greatest concern for many companies and they rely on their IT staff to prevent or stop these system breaches. The quick increase in the use of mobile devices for various uses has increased the potential for digital disruption across many industries. Well, according to my perspective, it's necessary that the following reasons in particular with digital disruption are happening in the moment. The digital disruption is effectively taking businesses out altogether. Countering Challenges My role as a CIO is to take care of business. Before becoming a CIO, I had spent a lot of time consulting the clients. I reached a point where I became frustrated explaining the clients what are the necessities that are needed to be done, but I rarely saw those getting executed to its optimum. While working as a consultant, I observed that CIOs didn't have the Framework in the organization to improve their business by applying those strategies. What I did is I created one. I created frameworks called 10 IT Fundamentals for CIO's and presented it in many conferences around the world. These frameworks suggest the 10 most important strategies what CIOs have to do for their business roadmap.Improving the BusinessesSince I joined Western Australia's largest health fund, HBF, as CIO in 2013, I have introduced a model to my IT team that identifies the 10 most important things a CIO The Frameworks and Fundamentals Transforming the Businesses in the IT sectorDavid GollanIN MY VIEW
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