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17 IT funding & investment Articles
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How to make IT allocations work
cio.com— — “Every year, clients complain that IT costs too much. They claim that their share of the allocations is unfair and that they’re subsidizing other business units.”
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10 Ways to Cut IT Operational Costs
businessinnovation.cmp.com— — “Many organizations are still looking to reduce operational expenses while increaing overall efficiency. Here are 10 ways that you may be able to cut IT operations costs in your organization.”
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The Economics of IT
businessinnovation.cmp.com— — “With much at stake in major technology deployments, CIOs and finance executives must work together closely.”
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Managing the Realization of Business Benefits from IT Investments
misqe.org— — “With their information technology (IT) investments, most organizations focus on implementing the technology rather than on realizing the expected business benefits.”
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Critical Capabilities for Offshore Outsourcing of Information Systems
misqe.org— — “Eager to capitalize on the low-cost, high-quality IS labor markets overseas, many companies are moving their IS work offshore, but often with disappointing results.”
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Seven Myths About Outsourcing
“In recent years, there’s been a seemingly endless boom in offshore outsourcing. But companies that think handing off an operation to an overseas provider is easy can get a rude awakening.”
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McCue interview: Norwich Union CIO Alex Robinson
comment.silicon.com— — “Norwich Union Bets Half Its IT on India. As part of the British Insurance company’s plan to cut about $500 in costs, 40-50% of it IT work will be offshore by year end.”
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IT and the new metrics: Measuring business technology performance
canadianbusiness.com— — A growing cultural divide between IT and business unit leaders is having a significant effect on how technology investments are measured. The gap has its roots in issues of communication and metrics.
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IT value metrics: How to communicate ROI to the business
cio.com— — “For many CIOs, the budget story has not been a happy one these last several years. The economic downturn that followed the dotcom meltdown, 9/11 and the high-profile accounting scandals that led to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act…”
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IT/Finance Alignment: A Boon for Strategy, but Will the Trend Continue?
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu— — “In today’s market, where intense competition drives companies to reduce their business cycles and react faster, the interaction between Information Technology and Finance continues to gain importance, says David Wessels, an adjunct professor of finance at Wharton.”
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Outsourcing: Beyond Bangalore
businessweek.com— — “After 10 months of working with software developers in Bangalore, India, Bill Wood was ready to call it quits.”
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The End of Corporate Computing
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“Information technology is undergoing an inexorable shift from being an asset that companies own - in the form of computers, software and myriad related components -to being a service that they purchase from utility providers.” -
Do You Have Too Much IT?
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“This article discusses the principles of information technology management employed by Inditex Group, a clothing manufacturer and retailer based in northwestern Spain.”
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Best Practices in IT Portfolio Management
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“Most organizations struggle to demonstrate business gains from investments in information technology. New research reveals how to meet the challenges of IT portfolio management to deliver tangible results.”
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Realizing the Business Value of Information Technology Investments: An Organizational Process
misqe.org— — “Provides a framework to conceive and implement IT investment payoff and measure the actual outcomes. Includes a case study of the Holy Cross Health System.”
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New approaches to IT investment
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“As IT becomes more closely tied to business objectives, successful investment must consider two dimensions: technology scope and strategic objectives.”
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The Hidden Costs of IT Outsourcing
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“This article explores the hidden costs in IT outsourcing. Many enterprises underestimate the expense to identify and evaluate suitable IT vendors, select a finalist, and negotiate and draft the contract. Thus it costs something just to think about IT outsourcing.”