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IDC Posts CFO Top 10 Predictions for 2013 [Professional Services Close - Up]
[January 17, 2013]

IDC Posts CFO Top 10 Predictions for 2013 [Professional Services Close - Up]


(Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) International Data Corp. (IDC) hosted a Webinar, IDC - 2013 Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Predictions: Emerging Issues Driven by the IT Financial Footprint, highlighting the top 10 predictions for the year ahead.



According to a release, featuring analyst Joseph Pucciarelli, the session provided organizations with insight and perspective on long- term industry trends along with new themes that may be on the horizon. The Predictions Webinar series is designed to help company leaders capitalize on emerging market opportunities and plan for future growth. An audio replay of today's webinar will be available within 48 hours.

The Top 10 Predictions are: _Prediction 1 - CFOs and CIOs will move to "zero capital" and transform the IT financial model.


_Prediction 2 - By 2016, line of business (LoB) executives will be directly involved in 80 percent of new IT investments; radical changes in IT governance and financial management practices will quickly follow.

_Prediction 3 - New IT platforms are exposing the organization to a new set of regulatory, security and contractual risks.

_Prediction 4 - Capital funding is the primary internal mechanism to instantiate IT strategy; new funding oversight controls must emerge for services-centric IT organizations.

_Prediction 5 - The Zero Capital IT model will enable accurately assessing IT (services) costs, (more) accurately measuring LOB profitability, and prioritizing divisional opportunity.

_Prediction 6 - Through 2018, asset impairment concerns for existing capitalized IT facilities and gear will emerge as a major factor in IT cloud services adoption strategies.

_Prediction 7 - As IT cloud services mature, increasing numbers of mid-size and large enterprises will seek IT facilities outsourcing contracts to rationalize datacenter assets.

_Prediction 8 - Finance will rise to the big data/analytics challenge and assume a leadership role in vetting the new data assets driving business decision-making processes.

_Prediction 9 - The escalating proliferation of smart phones and tablets will require new asset and expense management practices, polices, and control regimens.

_Prediction 10 - As business value shifts from asset ownership to "IP" (software, cloud & social), Finance will be challenged to help business leaders quantify Contributed Value/ROI.

More information: www.idc.com/predictions2013 www.idc.com http://idc-insights-community.com http://bit.ly/IDC_Predictions2013_CFO ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2013 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved.

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