CIO’s–and CFO’s–Need to “Get Real”
November 5, 2009 by Mary Adams · 2 Comments
There is an interesting report at CFO.com called CFOs to CIOs: Get Real.
My response is that CFO’s need to “get real” too.
One of the biggest barriers between CFO’s and CIO’s is how they view the cost of projects. CFO’s are trapped inside an accounting model that expenses a lot of investments. Recent macro data suggested that US businesses spent $1.7 trillion on intangibles versus $1.2 on tangibles. For the most part, intangibles get expensed, tangibles get capitalized. Many of these intangibles are related to IT-enabled systems and/or processes. Read more
The Right C’s
September 12, 2008 by Mary Adams · 1 Comment
An article just came out on CFO.com entitled “Who Needs a COO?” Reading it, I couldn’t help but think about the many articles I see all the time in Information Week about the changing role of the CIO. And it all makes me think that there is something that is still missing Read more
