Information Technology Management with a Purpose:

January, 2011

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January 31, 2011  8:09 AM

Budgeting for ‘IT’



Posted by: S R Balasubramanian
CIO toolkit, IT budgets, IT leadership, language of business

We struggle with our IT budgets every year. As the year draws to a close, we try to estimate all that is in store for the next year and go about jotting it down. The problem is that the...

January 24, 2011  6:01 AM

Procurement: Evaluation of solutions



Posted by: S R Balasubramanian
education, procurement, request for proposal (RFP), vendor evaluation

Procurement is one of the prominent tasks undertaken by a CIO regularly. In order to get ahead with his program, he has to constantly procure new hardware, software, network...


January 18, 2011  5:41 AM

Use of technology for business



Posted by: S R Balasubramanian
business benefits, competitive advantage, ERP, sales force automation

I followed one axiom very early in my career ― always try to get the most out of the technology we acquire. This may seem very simple to state but when practiced the results...


January 10, 2011  8:39 AM

CIO as a custodian of IT assets



Posted by: S R Balasubramanian
CIO toolkit, IT asset custodian, IT leadership, Ownership of IT

Many years ago, as I was submitting the summary of our findings of study to the CEO of a client organization, his remarks stayed on with me for long. Our assignment was to assess


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