Is yours one of the few organizations that has broken with tradition and hired a new CIO from outside technology? Don't be embarrassed if it is. More are likely to do it, albeit at a slow pace. And if more and more are doing it ... well, it can't be all bad, can it?
Pay attention to this hiring strategy. It speaks gigabytes about the future of one very important aspect of IT management; that is, who oversees it. Let us count the ways.