CIO Best Practices 2e – Enabling Strategic Value With Information Technology : Enabling Strategic Value With Information Technology

Virtually all organizations gauge spending in terms of return on investment, and information technology (IT) tops the investment list as both the largest and most frustrating for senior executives.

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