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As part of the CMO-CIO Alignment Imperative, the CMO Council has aggregated articles from a wide variety of sources to help executive gain insight into the best practices and challenges facing today’s top marketers and IT specialists. Browse the pages below for news coverage and trends across all major industries. You’ll find relevant media coverage pertaining to the growing need for alignment between the CMO and CIO here, along with any upcoming news stories which discuss both marketing and IT groups and where they intersect in the corporate sphere.

You’ll also find details on all upcoming events and conferences which aim to address this topic by engaging key industry players and providing tangible strategies for overcoming lack of collaboration between marketing and IT entities. Feel free to explore and check back often for updates.

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04.02.13 CMO Council Finds Big Data Critical to Customer-Centric Cultures - The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Chief Information Officer (CIO), often believed to be fundamentally at odds, have found common ground in big data as both an obstacle and an opportunity. According to the findings of a new study… read more 10.04.10 Operational Transformation Needed to Align Marketing and IT Groups as Companies Seek Competitive Advantage in Fast-Changing Digital World, Finds Study from CMO Council and Accenture - Operational change is required for corporate marketers and information technology (IT) professionals as they seek to “lead not lag” to embrace new digital marketing technologies and channels in the quest to acquire, maintain and… read more

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COVERAGE

April 18, 2013
Marketing and IT: Big Data an Obstacle, an Opportunity, and Key to Customer-Centricity
by , MarketingProfs

Though frequently at odds, marketing and IT executives agree that harnessing Big Data is imperative to building a customer-centric corporate culture, according to a study by the CMO Council, in… read more

April 16, 2013
B2B Marketers and IT Can Get Along
by Tequia Burt, Fierce CMO

Remember the good old days when all you needed to worry about was aligning with sales? Now, not only do we need to be synced up with the sales department, but B2B marketers have to make nice with the IT folks … read more

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