Introduction
The SMECIO Difference
As the SMECIO team were debating as how to properly define the SMECIO
service, it became clear that a possible way to distinguish the service
is talk about the differences of the Retained-CIO service from the rest
of the outsourced, insourced, full-time, contract, temporary CIOs that
you might find.
Essentially, the most significant difference is in the scale of which the Retained-CIO service carries out its business.
For
example, a full-time or contract CIO typically works for a larger
organization and reports to work over a fixed period of time i.e. 50/60
hours a week, but unfortunately he also adds to the bottom line of
an expanded monthly payroll. Additionally, a temporary CIO is needed when these
full-time or contract CIOs leaves or becomes temporarily unavailable, or
when a significantly sized project needs to be closely managed for a
short duration of time and the current full-time CIO already has his
hands full.
A SMECIO Retained-CIO, strives on a long/short-term arrangement and is best suited for Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that have yet to establish they own full-time
need for a CIO on an executive salary.