IT & The CFO
The CFO and CIO should be collaborating to make strategic and tactical IT investment decisions. The mission critical investments are outsourcing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources (HR), Accounting and Finance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics and we also look at innovative approaches like cloud computing and software as a service (SaaS).
The Dark Art of IT Investment
Join the Finance Week debate on how to leverage the IT investment - tactical and strategic - for higher returns and how get the most out of the CFO-CIO relationship.
It's All In The Detail
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The Bottom Line:If Mr Cable has his way...
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