Joined-up thinking: A Computing & Financial Director special report

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We look at the challenges for IT managers and finance directors working together to make the most of technology

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Joined-up thinking

Computing & Financial Director magazines have teamed up to analyse the key challenges facing mid-sized organisations in maximising their investment in business software.

Click on the headlines below to read all the articles from our special report, produced in association with Sage.

Achieving more together

A joined-up approach to IT and business provides opportunities to leapfrog competitors.

Collaboration adds value

Working together brings out the best of every part of the business.

Strength through unity

The friction that has traditionally characterised relations between finance and IT has no place in today’s business landscape.

A smarter way to use BI

Getting the most from business intelligence systems requires not only careful management on the part of IT leaders, but also the committed involvement of decision-makers across the organisation.

Quenching a thirst for IT modernisation

A substantial restructure at soft drink supplier Nichols - purveyor of Vimto - ­led the company to update its software to Sage 1000 to replace its in-house application. This resulted in the streamlining of the IT department and an opportunity to customise the system.

We are all in this together

To achieve effective business-IT alignment, senior decision-makers must first suppress their territorial instincts.

This special report was produced in association with Sage. To read a digital e-book version of the full printed report, click here.

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