During the research phase of the 2013 Brainstorm CIO Directory, it emerged that many CIOs are still, in the wake of the global economic downturn, under enormous pressure to prove a return on IT investments, which is changing the way in which their departments and organisations conduct business.

“Before, if you needed a server because you were running out of space, you could just buy one,” says Roopa Soma, the IS manager at Sanofi South Africa. “Now, you have to justify why you need it and what the business impact will be.”