Does  "take cycles away from the normal job of a CIO" mean that "it occupies a lot of working time of a CIO" in the following context. I'm not quite sure of the exact meaning of the phrase "take cycles away from". Please kindly advise.

Context:

CIOs who consider hosting IT services for one or more organizations would face the uphill battle of gaining buy-in from others in senior management, particularly if the service "isn't core to the rest of your organization's business and if it would take cycles away from the normal job of a CIO," says Beach Clark, CIO at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Clark notes that an industry consortium is building software for keeping animal records. "It's years behind schedule, so there's some skepticism" among his senior executive peers. "I think we will follow the lead of some of our peers in the industry on adopting [it]."

Thanks a lot !

Xin Yan

China