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CFOs to CIOs: Get Real

On their wish lists addressed to IT leaders, finance chiefs want more risk-management awareness and better communication on project delivery.

November 4, 2009

It's a Catch-22 typical of the conflicts businesses have faced amid the recession. They're looking to information-technology departments for efficiency and productivity, to be sure. But their retrenched budgets may strain their ability to make the full investment needed to meet those goals. Read more...

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