Chief Information Officer of any organization should realise the change in technology and making enterprise software attractive should be the part of their strategy. Strong, responsive, high-energy, customer-focused service is what delivers value and makes a company attractive and this is being enabled by the digital transformation. To know more about the points which CIO should keep in mind while entering the digital age, go through the article by Vala Afshar, Chief Marketing Officer of Extreme Networks.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vala-afshar/do-cios-need-passion-to-s_b_4802303.html

Analyst, Gartner thinks that the growth in big data and its related technologies will increase the demand of Chief Data Officer (CDO) along with Chief Information Officer (CIO) by the end of the year 2014. 17% of organizations will hire CDO. Big data has made the role of CDO very significant and it is as important as the role of CIO. To know more on the importance of CDO in any organization, go through the following article written by Colin Barker, senior reporter at ZDNet in London:

http://www.zdnet.com/big-data-boom-leads-to-the-rise-of-the-chief-data-officer-7000025795/