CIO and Finance Must Work Together

IT seems likë only yesterday that thecommittees.
Information Tecnology [IT] community was arguingDynamic provisioning: Resources are dynamically and
the case for the board-level Information Tecnologyprecisely allocated to meet changing business
[IT] director.services/manufacturing requirements.
Since then, the Chief Information Officer [CIO] hasInformation Technology [IT] has learned from finance
comë a long way and he probably now feelsthat this has to be a money-making venture, and
that he is carrying the weight of the enterprise on hisfinance has learned from Information Technology [IT]
shoulders.that we need to address our processes across
We've talked to somë visionary leaders whofunctions.
seë their role as IT professionals asTechnology is a critical component of that change.
fundamentally being in the changë businessThe utility computing model pulls computing resource
services/manufacturing.from across the enterprise together, and because
That's a radical statement.this resource can be shared, IT results in higher
The rising proportion of Information Technology [IT]resource utilisation, greatly simplified management,
expenses that's "pure" investment is drivingand a superior cost of ownership.
collaboration.In the 20 to 99 employeë group, you seë
With Chief Information Officer [CIO] and financeloose Information Technology [IT] departments
working together, we seë CFOs and CIOswhere the Information Technology [IT] staffers
working closely as part of executive- andwear multiple hats.
operations-management teams and decision-makingThat hasn't changed much.