September 16, 2011

What CIOs want CFOs to know

On September 15, the German website "Computerwoche.de" published an article talking about what CFOs need to hear from CIOs and the growing trend of consumerization in IT that clearly showed that CFOs have a lot of catching up to do when it comes to future IT trends. Cloud computing and bring your own device are forcing companies to redefine their IT costs. Personal IT devices are forcing companies to rethink their asset management while cloud computing is making them reconsider the allocation of IT service costs.

In the case of cloud computing, companies need to overcome the technical and operational challenges involved before they can answer accounting-related questions. Forrester assumes that a maximum 5 % of IT departments are able to offer cloud services. Issues like IT harmonization and automated service provision have not been settled yet. This is the reason why the IT consultants at REALTECH are advising companies to address the questions of architecture and IT organization.

Starting a project to achieve "cloud readiness" can be a good way to assess the current position of both the IT organization and the underlying technology.

Follow these links for more information:

http://www.computerwoche.de/management/it-strategie/2495110/ (in German)

http://www.cloudcaboodle.com/blog/article/what-cfos-need-to-hear-about-cloud-computing-and-consumer-it/

http://www.realtech.com/wInternational/sap-consulting/sap-management-consulting/sap-management-consulting.php

http://www.realtech.com/wInternational/sap-consulting/sap-it-optimization/sap-it-optimization.php