Understand, nurture and refine your vision of the enterprise.

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The idea should be in alignment with the overall vision and mission of the enterprise.

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But the strategic CIO will use the next several months to collaborate with the CEO in upgrading that tech-centric plan into a broader vision for a sweeping business transformation of the entire enterprise.

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For some time, Mr Ellison's vision for Oracle has been to become the Apple of the enterprise, hiding complexity from customers, just as Apple does with its powerful but easy-to-use consumer products.

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The survey also found that the majority of respondents lack a comprehensive vision of how enterprise-wide information and technology infrastructure will work with current and future smart grid deployments.

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But Adit Rathi felt the traditional executive dining room did not fit his vision of a dynamic manufacturing enterprise.

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