[kictanet] IT posts for full circle

[Agosta Liko]

Toma

About - "Lets face it ICT on its own cannot run or profit an organization"

This is not true, Safaricom, Airtel, Access Kenya, Zuku etc etc etc are ALL
about IT.

It can create mad profits or drive them

Look at agency banking - its all about branding, float and a device (android
app) ... with that a bank cuts on capex


Look at Mobile Money - its all IT, Money moves from one account to the other
and there are fees for that

For old school corporates - IT is gives massive distribution ... an
insurance company does not have to have offices and agents all over the
country, all they need is mobile/web interfaces

A good CIO is the difference between USD10,000 for SugarCRM and USD3,000,000
for Siebel ... etc etc etc

Thanks

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Thomas Kibui <thomas.kibui at gmail.com>wrote:

> Initially ICT was considered a necessary cost centre within many
> organizations. It was usually placed under  Operations division or sometimes
> under the stingy Finance division to control its cost.
>
> Lets face it ICT on its own cannot run or profit an organization. It is a
> business enabler and unless the ICT division within an organization is able
> to show the management of that organization that it can operate as a profit
> centre  and actually generate tangible profits OR at least reduce the cost
> or making profit within other divisions , .. it will never have say in the
> organization.
>
> Bottom line .. the shareholders want "profits"
>
> Another line of argument that I have heard inside a board room is that ..
> most of what the ICT team refer to as "ICT Technology" are actually "nice to
> have" gizmos e.g. iPADs..    But I have reservation about this argument ..
> simply because those who were saying it were fidgeting with their
> blackberries ...
>
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