CIO and Finance Must Work Together

CIO and Finance Must Work Togetherworking together, we se CFOs and CIOs working
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By S. Maurerservices/manufacturing requirements.
IT seems lik only yesterday that the InformationInformation Technology [IT] has learned from
Tecnology [IT] community was arguing the casefinance that this has to be a money-making
for the board-level Information Tecnology [IT]venture, and finance has learned from Information
director.Technology [IT] that we need to address our
Since then, the Chief Information Officer [CIO]processes across functions.
has com a long way and he probably now feelsTechnology is a critical component of that change.
that he is carrying the weight of the enterprise onThe utility computing model pulls computing
his shoulders.resource from across the enterprise together,
We've talked to som visionary leaders who seand because this resource can be shared, IT
their role as IT professionals as fundamentallyresults in higher resource utilisation, greatly
being in the chang business/servicessimplified management, and a superior cost of
manufacturing.ownership.
That's a radical statement.In the 20 to 99 employe group, you se loose
The rising proportion of Information TechnologyInformation Technology [IT] departments where
[IT] expenses that's "pure" investment is drivingthe Information Technology [IT] staffers wear
collaboration.multiple hats.
With Chief Information Officer [CIO] and financeThat hasn't changed much.