Tag Archives: IT Financial and Business Management

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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Automating IT Financial and Business Management

…It Comes Down To Service… It may be instinctive to immediately think of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) when it comes to service and cloud-based enterprise software solutions. However, when your company is making an investment in IT financial and business … 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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Managing the Hard-wired Cost of Wireless Communication

With the worst days of the recent recession likely behind us, many organizations are loosening the purse strings and looking at strategic IT investments to grow the business and outperform the competition. One area that is gaining tremendous acceleration is … 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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Five Best Practices for Service Costing

A service costing catalog helps the IT organization communicate the services and solutions that are available to business users. Understanding the strategic benefits of technology decisions and having access to information that empowers managers to make informed decisions are critical, … Continue reading

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Searching for Ways to Increase Accountability?

While smaller budgets are a likely reality for most organizations, increasing technology investments that drive real ROI is a necessity. This paradox requires today’s companies to make judicious decisions when it comes to their technology investments. That means eliminating the … 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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Buyer Beware: Don’t Lose your Head in the Cloud

Everyone is talking about cloud computing and the benefits it will bring to the enterprise.  Yes, it’s in vogue and it seems like every company is doing it; however, buyer beware! In 2011, CIOs will be receiving increased pressure to … Continue reading

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