When 27 suburban municipalities merged into the mega-city of Montreal at the beginning of 2002, the city was in dire need of a way to address data access and delivery issues.
CIOs long chafed under the miserly rule of the chief financial officer. So when this magazine's 2002 "State of the CIO" survey found that a slim majority of CIOs now report to their CEO instead, it was good news. Or was it? According to another report, many CIOs are chafing under the uninformed rule of CEOs.