CIO – vision and responsibility

This is a major theme of the 2011 Chief Information Officer (CIO) Summit, which opened in Hanoi on September 28.

The event was jointly held by the International Data Group, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

In his opening speech, General Director of IDG ASEAN, Le ThanhTam, who is also founder and chairman of CEO&CIO Club, emphasized that CIOs, also known as information technology (IT) directors, play a key role in their organizations’ development strategy. They are responsible for building an IT infrastructure and creating links among their own businesses and with other agencies.

The summit collected opinions from national and international IT leaders and experts to evaluate the practical development situation in Vietnam and in the region, he said.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Nguyen Minh Hong, highlighted the important role and remarkable efforts of CIO in the current development process.

He called on CIOs to make initiatives and apply latest IT advances in the process of national modernization and industrialization.

Participants in the summit focused their discussions on the new functions and missions of CIOs as well as criteria for evaluating the performance of CIOs based on leadership vision, customer management, and information security.

During the summit, there were presentations by leading experts from ASEAN member countries, such as “Achieving efficient consequences by applying Private Cloud” and “A vendor of choice by CIOs around the world” by Scott Morris, Managing Director of NetApp ASEAN, and “Role of the Government CIO in a Connected World” by James S L Yong, Member of Board of Advisors of Cisco Systems.

On the occasion, an awards ceremony was held to honour the 12 most outstanding IT leaders in Vietnam and the region.

The annual best-choice products voted by CEOs and CIOs were also announced, including Photocopier and Digital camera- Canon, UPS – APC, Integration System solution – FIS, Database management system and Oracle Siebel CRM – Oracle, ERP Solution – SAP, Antivirus – Kaspersky, Laptop – HP, Printer – HP, and Video conferenre System – Polycom.

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