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March - 2010 - issue > Business
CIO to CIO: Reaping the Benefits of Business Service Management
Mark Settle
Many IT organizations are focusing internally on improving process efficiency. In fact, I spend the majority of my time trying to leverage IT assets to support our global business processes. That includes leveraging all of our physical assets — such as servers, storage devices, and network switches — but probably even more important, getting the most value from people. Our IT staff supports routine business operations and R&D labs worldwide. BSM helps IT improve process efficiency and achieve our objectives by providing the capability to address multiple challenges at the same time.
In implementing BSM at BMC, we have learned several lessons along the way that may be helpful to any IT organization. Here are some of them.
Pay Attention to ROI
Return on Investment (ROI) is a key metric of a CIO’s effectiveness. Many different forms of technology are available today to solve business problems, so you must prioritize investments judiciously. ROI is one of the absolute metrics that you can use for measuring the effectiveness of your organization’s investments in technology.
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