CIO Insight Weekly Report, May 7, 2008
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A number of hyped-up tools have finally hit the mainstream, according to CIO Insight’s new research.
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Our annual survey finds half of CIOs have considerable influence over important business decisions, and they play a dominant role in business process improvement, IT spending and vendor selection.
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Collaboration tools have tremendous strategic potential, but CIOs must separate the sizzle from the steak.
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Mid-tier firms don’t use collaboration tools as much as larger companies do. Is that wise?
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This week: The growing influence of chief financial officers over IT; Ed Cone on the death of IT; Eric Chabrow says don't hold back on IT investments as the economy weakens. Here's an excerpt from Chabrow: "As a recession looms, pressure is mounting from CEOs to rein-in spending throughout the enterprise, including IT. Being good team players, many CIOs will forgo a vigorous fight in the coming months to get the dollars needed to make critical IT investments. Instead, many will be tempted to take a Band-Aid approach, patching existing systems in order to make do till signs of a recovery emerge. That would be a strategic and ultimately costly mistake. ..." Presented by Ashley Daley.
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Opinion IT Infrastructure Library is designed for comprehensive re-engineering of service provisioning but is often seen as a help-desk guide, according to Evergreen Systems.
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