Turn to purchasers to justify spending, IT chiefs warned_2
19 July 2012
IT heads will increasingly have to turn to purchasers to help justify their spending, an industry analyst has warned.
Until now, IT departments have had carte blanche to buy equipment and software without relating them to a solid business case developed by or with procurement professionals, Ken Cole, head of the centre for procurement excellence at QSP Financial Information Systems, told SM.
"IT directors have escaped having to justify buying decisions because it became...