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Why Can't a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

Harvard Business Review

According to the 2012 IDC/EMC report on the digital universe (PDF) , it''s doubling every two years. At the same time, technology budgets are static or contracting, and non-IT execs want more attention to cost-cutting. Because no one is managing the store. The explosive growth of information is accelerating.

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Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business Review

We recommend zero-based budgeting and planning to make the choices clearer. This also helps get over the dilemma that companies often face when they are making cuts: Should they eliminate the work and then reduce the budgets that allowed these costs, or should they shrink the budgets to squeeze out the unnecessary work?