Business Intelligence, Business Process, General, Information Technology, Information Technology value, IT Strategy, Mobile Device Applications
Are you frustrated because you have to wait until after the financial month end close to obtain any information about your company or departments operating results? This happens in too many companies today! In my last post, The Real Value of...
Cyber Security, General, Information Technology
My friend Alex Auerbach who owns the PR firm, Alexander Auerbach & Co Public Relations, and is a member of the board of directors of a public company forwarded an article to me from Boardmember.com about Cyber Risk. and why corporate board members should...
General, Information Technology, IT Spending, IT Strategy
Most CEO’s and CFO’s of companies of all sizes would say that IT expenses are too high and they are not convinced that they receive value for what they spend. CIO’s today spend a significant amount of time focusing on reducing costs and...
General, Information Technology Strategy, IT Strategy, M&A transaction, Role of CIO
M&A transactions were in the news this week with the article in the McKinsey Quarterly entitled ‘Understanding the Strategic Value of IT in M&A’. I of course was thrilled to see this article as the authors Hugo Sarrazin and Andy West echoed...
Business Process, General, Information Technology, Lean Accounting, Lean Business, Offshoring, Outsourcing
Outsourcing is seen as one of the best and quickest ways to reduce cost. The popular thought is that you outsource non-core business functions to companies and locations that can do it cheaper than your team can if it is kept in-house. While I agree that...
