Re:Google not Amazon. Make fantastic savings in a server-les...
by sillysaurus3 on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @09:26PM
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The article makes some good points though:
That’s like getting a turkey to vote for Christmas right?
In fact IT is the department least accustomed to being automated.
"We’re the guys who automate everyone else aren’t we? What’s this — now our own jobs are at risk? Woah."
But it’s happening regardless and IT will resist it like all the other departments did. It’s human nature.
But the conclusion is... Unsettling, to say the least:
Enter the CFO who, in my recent experience, is the voice of reason.
Now, more than ever, I see CFOs taking the lead in arbitrating technology decisions. This is the correct approach. IT must relearn the vocabulary of business: money.
Has a good CFO ever been a decisive factor in why a startup succeeds? I'm not saying they're not valuable, but if the CFO is making your technology decisions then it seems like you've already lost.
That’s like getting a turkey to vote for Christmas right? In fact IT is the department least accustomed to being automated. "We’re the guys who automate everyone else aren’t we? What’s this — now our own jobs are at risk? Woah." But it’s happening regardless and IT will resist it like all the other departments did. It’s human nature.
But the conclusion is... Unsettling, to say the least:
Enter the CFO who, in my recent experience, is the voice of reason. Now, more than ever, I see CFOs taking the lead in arbitrating technology decisions. This is the correct approach. IT must relearn the vocabulary of business: money.
Has a good CFO ever been a decisive factor in why a startup succeeds? I'm not saying they're not valuable, but if the CFO is making your technology decisions then it seems like you've already lost.