{"id":12794,"date":"2012-10-15T15:35:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T15:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/chief-cloud-officer\/"},"modified":"2012-10-15T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T15:35:55","slug":"chief-cloud-officer","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/28804\/chief-cloud-officer","title":{"rendered":"Chief Cloud Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_chief_cloud_officer_mean\">What Does Chief Cloud Officer Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A chief cloud officer (CCO) is an individual who manages, supervises and governs the entire cloud computing environment and its operations within an organization. The chief cloud officer allows an organization to harness the power, productivity and efficiency from a suite of cloud computing solutions and services. 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