Category Archives: Chargeback

ITFMA 2012 Conference Attendees Agree: It’s Time to Put Discipline around IT Finance

In the heart of San Francisco, more than 225 IT finance professionals from private-sector companies and government agencies gathered together last week at the ITFMA’s Financial World of Information Technology Conferences. This marks the organization’s 25th year and the event … Continue reading

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Chargeback – It’s NOT a Four Letter Word Any More

If the notion of chargeback to your business units for IT allocations makes you shudder, it’s probably because your experience with it was a bit ahead of its time. Many early attempts at ‘chargeback’ were ‘homegrown’ and failed because the … Continue reading

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What Will CIOs Need to Focus on in 2012?

As we enter a new year, the pressure on CIOs will continue to be heightened as business expectations around doing more for less will not be diminished. With these increased pressures, the CIO should start the year with a continued … Continue reading

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Is IT Chargeback Evil?

With the advent of technologies such as development outsourcing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), virtualization, and cloud computing, we’re seeing a consistent pattern: squeeze as much out of the IT organization as possible at a lower cost. In many organizations, the Information Technology … Continue reading

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Is your Technology Allocation Process Giving Under-Consumers the Short End of the Stick?

When it comes to technology chargeback, over-consumption gets all the attention, but under-consumption leaves users and business units with the short end of the stick. A simple percentage allocation method that spreads costs evenly across business units – rather than … Continue reading

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Generating Value from IT Cost Transparency and Cost Optimization Initiatives

It’s not enough to talk the talk when it comes to IT cost transparency initiatives – can you and your IT team also walk the walk? Increasingly, the C-level, senior executives, and boards are demanding that their corporate IT teams … Continue reading

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IT Financial Accountability: It’s Everyone’s Job

If you haven’t yet involved the full spectrum of stakeholders – from the CEO, CIO and CFO to the IT leaders, business unit managers and even to the business partners – in revising behavior and attitude toward technology, now is … Continue reading

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The Dangers Of False Transparency In IT Practices – And What To Do About It

As organizations seek to drive increased technology cost transparency, IT departments are making good strides to implement the tools and processes to communicate the value of IT. While the approach is right, a common oversight in the rush to implement … Continue reading

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Changing Your Tune: Focus on IT Demand Management

Exiting the weakened economy means many enterprises have already completed or are about to complete round two of their cost optimization efforts. The economic downturn led to significant IT cuts in terms of staff as well as reduction of costs … Continue reading

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You Can’t Measure What You Can’t See

How do most people make buying decisions? Usually it is a combination of weighing price and value. However, to make an informed decision, you need to understand what you are paying for. When it comes to IT services and products, … Continue reading

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