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By Bob Evans, SVP and Director, InformationWeek's Global CIO September 22, 2009

Archaeologists recently found a stone tablet dating from about 2,500 years ago bearing the message, "The job of the CIO is to align IT with the business." And it seems that for just about all of those 2,500 years, that's been pretty good advice that CIOs from across all industries have taken to heart.

But just as those 2,500-year-old systems and applications in the basement no longer match up to the needs of today, neither does that ancient wisdom about alignment -- which is starting to break down under new business realities, new market dynamics, new customer expectations and new technologies.

Someone is bringing the smackdown this Friday and I love it. Great article that all CIOs & IT folks can learn from. Have a great weekend!