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Starting Places: Tackling IT Financial Management
by Lisa Erickson-Harris, Research Director, EMA
Information Technology (IT) expense control and cost transparency were top-of-mind for IT executives in 2009. This priority is unlikely to subside for the foreseeable future and perhaps not at all as the organizational bar for IT is now significantly higher than in the past.
IT is well on its way to achieving a level of maturity to address IT financial management, and toolsets are arriving on the scene creating an intersection that makes IT financial management feasible. To be sure though, IT Financial management is not a simple task. It stretches far and wide encompassing business-focused disciplines and operational usage data. Project, asset, service and configuration management are all typically part of the mix. Cost data and expense modeling then must be built on top of management analytics to arrive at the level of financial transparency expected by the corporation. Seasoned IT professionals understand that change is not immediate in IT’s complex operating environment, so steps must be taken to move forward and gain traction.
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