A gift from IT to the business: spend visibility; using an on-demand service to deliver rapid business value.

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A gift from IT to the business: spend visibility; using an on-demand service to deliver rapid business value.

1. Introduction

Tighter economic times mean information technology (IT) managers in public and private sector organisations have had to get used to doing more with less. Fortunately for them, this comes at a time when it is actually relatively easy for them to do so as the way IT is delivered goes through a revolution driven by cloud computing. In fact, IT managers with the right mind set can turn the situation on its head; by focussing on information rather than technology they can help the businesses they serve reduce spending across the board.

In what Quocirca believes is a neat parallel, this paper looks at the relationship between two hot business topics where IT departments can play a central role. First, how IT managers can embrace the change in the way IT is delivered through the use of cloud-based services for the benefit of the business. Second, that on-demand services for spend analytics are a great example of how cloud-based services can help both IT managers and the business work together to deliver value through improved access to information.

2. The austerity age

When the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) delivered an emergency budget on June 22nd 2010, he split the deficit reduction program b...

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