The increase in business agility and responsiveness that cloud computing makes possible shifts the strategic value of the CIO from a technical role to a business role.
We also assume that LinkedIn will be able to increase its average revenue per business customer in the coming years by demonstrating greater value to corporate customers and introducing new features and services.
The strategic intent has been to triangulate between business strategy, algorithmic math, and database structures to develop software tools that can change decisions to measurably increase shareholder value.