摘要
在全球金融危机与经济衰退之下，IT能为企业做些什么？恐怕没有人像湖南华菱线缆股份公司副总经理熊硕这样有深刻体会了：作为企业IT负责人。熊硕时时刻刻绷着一根弦，他要利用IT系统令企业拥有极速的市场应变能力，以便在外部环境冲击下屹立不倒。
At the ceremony of the'China Top CIO Award 2007'held on January 10th,over 100 CIOs from the health, education,finance,retail,manufacturing and other sectors gathered in Beijing to discuss topics of their concern.The topics includ edwhether they should cut down IT investment,how to find new opportunities and ways to survive the crisis.Previous interviews and discussions at the ceremony showedthat China's top CIOs have turned their attentions towards thenature of business,which is an exciting change.When CIOsbegin to relocate IT resources guided by business concepts,theirviews and opinions gradually affect the decision makers in theircompanies.That means CIOs,together with IT,are becoming aforce to be reckoned with in China's new business environment.For the last 10 years,China's IT application has beenevolving along a road from individual to global,fromextensive to intensive,and then to virtual management.Ateach stage,technological revolution has been a big factor in the development of IT application,spurring the progress of business.And now,as IT converges with telecommunications andthe Internet,companies become more efficient and agile.The business environment is more favorable thanks to the optimization of business modes,processes,resources and valuenetwork.The theme of the China Top CIO Award 2008 is'IT optimizes Business'.As the global economy is down in the dumps,it is of special significance to explore the business value of IT.
