Dear Number

I thought it was nice touch to receive an email like the one below that arrived from CIO magazine and addressed to a number. Oops! Someone in the subscription department is looking for work...

Dear 80535,

It’s a time of extraordinary transformation for IT organizations. Is the CIO role changing along with it? This year’s CIO Role survey will probe that question, and the editors of CIO Insight Magazine, a Ziff Davis Media publication, cordially invite you to participate. We’ll focus on CIOs’ backgrounds, responsibilities, success factors and compensation, but with a special emphasis on changes taking place now or likely to take place in coming years. As always, your individual responses will remain confidential.