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CFOs today are focused on payback when making investments in IT. The current global economy is making it difficult for many companies to compete and win market share in their industry so investment in technology that leads to innovation and collaboration is more important than ever.
Cloud, big data, analytics, social media and other disruptive technologies can offer huge opportunities for CFOs and CIOs to help their organizations collaborate to work better, smarter and faster. The CFO though in many cases is not so quick to pull the trigger. CFOs feel the need to first consider some of the challenges in cost justification of an IT investment.
The biggest problem faced today by many CFOs and CIOs is that many corporate boards will not even consider the funding of a large project unless the return on investment is well defined and has real positive payback period. What is the proper ROI on a large project that will cause the CFO to make a strategic investment?
According to Paul Nastro, CFO of Network Adjusters, the return from the investment should significantly outweigh the cost outlay by about 5:1 or greater over a three year period. This ROI expectation seems reasonable given the current low cost of financing large internal projects.
In a recent survey, Forrester Research discovered that the CFO continues to actively participate in technology acquisition, largely because companies are implementing new systems only if they feel confident that they will recover the investment in a relatively short period of time.
Some technology vendors in trying to rapidly close on a large technology sale have been very helpful to CFOs with the calculation of the ROI for a specific investment. These vendors now offer content calculators and assets such as "Top 10" lists of ways in which their products pay off as well as independent seals of approval from various consulting groups. Some of those sales efforts are often useful to the CFO but more often they are just a small part of the cost justification and ROI calculation process.
The role of CFO as a cost cutter and the primary IT decision maker for larger technology acquisitions dates back to about a decade ago. At many organizations the critical systems and applications preparations for the events surrounding Y2K and mandatory compliance issues produced a big rush to move into E-business initiatives. This had the effect on the CFO of forcing them to forgo the typical ROI analysis trend for a while.
Today, the CFO has once again brought the diligence to the C-Suite as the one whose analytical financial skills and focus on the cost of systems implementation not only augment decisions, but determine them. According to Paul Nastro, "Organizations will invest in technology in pursuit of revenue growth, but they are closely watching expense items that can potentially impact the bottom line savings achieved as a result of technology implementation."
Not only CFOs are guided in the IT purchase and decision making process by the ROI but most CIOs value ROI as well. Recently a joint survey by Gartner and the Financial Executives Research Foundation found that 42% of the IT organizations top person - the CIO, reports directly to the CFO. The percentage increases to 60% at smaller businesses - those defined as companies with revenues between $50 and $250 million.
In addition, the survey pointed out that CFOs approve 26% of all IT investments, while CIOs approve a mere 5%. This is most likely due to the current state of the global economy as in recessionary markets the CFO must keep a close eye on all expenditures.
Some in the C-Suite believe that this renewed focus on ROI will bolster the CFO-CIO relationship. What is certain though is that a tighter rein on IT spending has triggered more communication between CFOs and CEOs.
Given the current CFO-CIO relationship and constrained IT spending, everything is under close scrutiny by both the CFO and the CIO. It will be interesting to see how the reporting dynamics shift over the next few years as cloud computing adoption really entrenches itself in most organizations and the ROI become more apparent. As the current economy continues to improve and companies invest more in growth-oriented projects, this should give CFO and CIOs an opportunity to collaborate effectively on all ROI decisions.
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The Cost of Higher Standards
by Abby Dalton • March 19, 2012 • Tagged: afford, choices, luxury, spending, travel  • Comments
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In college, I had the good fortune to spend a semester in London. Because I was on a boatload of financial aid, and determined not to run up any credit card debt, I spent my summer budgeting and saving and preparing to spend as little money as possible living and traveling abroad. Four months and many bean dinners and hostels later, I emerged slightly more cultured and no more in-debt than I had been before my travels.
Back then, I was more than willing to do (and endure) whatever it took to see as much as I could on the money I had. Reviews for that Paris hostel say that it has bedbugs? Whatever, it's cheap! Dublin hostel only has availability in a room of 20? Sure, I'll be there with a friend, it'll be fine. Yes, I'll leave at 5 am to take the cheaper train to France, and sleep in the Dublin airport to cut down on one short night of hostel expenses. I was young, and excited, and happy to endure slight inconveniences for travel.
Years later, I've noticed that my standards have changed. Thanks to some careful planning, and $800 in vouchers for sitting in an airport a few months ago (thanks, US Airways!), my husband and I will soon be off to Spain for a vacation. Where once I would be heading to hostel websites, I instead found myself looking up hotels and apartments with high ratings and nice amenities. I'm older, and I'm a little bit more spoiled, and I now value a certain degree of comfort and privacy over the frugality of the international hostel options. I do not want to be in a room with 20 strangers. I do not want to wake up any earlier than I have to. I want to take the train, and not the overcrowded bus, to the cities we'll be visiting. I want to sit down at restaurants, and order what I like, and not skimp on ordering drinks to save a dollar.
My husband and I share similarly frugal ideals, although there are moments when we disagree on what is and is not worth it (I want to take a cab from the airport; he insists on public transportation). Luckily, we both agree on the unmitigated importance of stuffing our faces with as much jamon as we can find, and consuming all of the wine we come across. He's had his fair share of frugal traveling, and we're both at a place where we're willing to spend a little more to get a little more. It's a nice feeling, to know that my financial world won't collapse if I'm not counting every penny that's going towards sangria and churros.
Have you noticed that your standards have changed as you get older? Or are there still areas where you're willing to rough it?

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Assembling the Upper Buffer Chamber
These are the directions that come with the apparatus and they read like directions of how to tie a shoe - not well. Nevertheless, we need some written directions to insure a leakproof seal, make sure the gray U-shaped inner cooling core gaskets are clean. Inspect the gasket for small cuts that could result in an upper buffer leak. There are two sides to this gasket. Make sure that the side with the notch is exposed for contact with the gel sandwich.
Lay the inner cooling core flat on a lab bench. With the glass plates of the gel sandwich facing the cooling core (and the clamp screws facing out), carefully slide the clamp assembly wedges underneath the locator slots on the inner cooling core until the inner glass plate of the gel sandwich butts up against the notch in the U-shaped gasket. Lubricating the raised portions of the U-shaped gasket with a drop of running buffer or water helps the glass plate sandwich slide properly.
While pushing the clamp assembly slightly up toward the top of the locator slots, snap the clamp assembly fully onto the cooling core by pressing at the bottom of the clamp assembly until the cooling core latch engages each side of the clamp assembly. (Do not pull out on cooling core latch at the same time.) It is very important that there is good contact at the point where the short glass plate contacts the notch in the gasket to prevent upper buffer leaks. If the glass plate is not firmly seated in its proper place against the notch in the gasket buffer leaks will occur.
Turn over the inner cooling core and attach another clamp assembly to the other side of the core in the same manner.
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Adventures in Respite
Last Friday was my first day as a volunteer for a local respite group. Recently, two area churches paired up to provide this much-needed service for our area's special needs community. One Friday night each month, special needs parents drop off their children for three hours of free respite care. Each child is paired with the same one-on-one volunteer each time, so that trust can grow. At my first respite evening, I was assigned to accompany David* one of two young brothers with Fragile X syndrome. Fragile X is a genetic condition that causes intellectual disability and developmental disabilities, including autism. Given my experience working with individuals with autism and Fragile X, I understood why the organizers had paired us together. Even so, I was a little nervous as I walked over to David for the first time. Will we connect? I wondered. I tried to keep things simple, introducing myself and letting him know that I'd be there to hang out with him for the rest of the evening. He didn't respond, but I wasn't worried—I knew I had to let him take the lead. For the first half hour, that meant sitting alongside David as he pushed toy cars around a table. He liked hearing the sounds the cars made; he frequently pressed them up to his ears to listen. I stayed close, but quiet.
Soon, David started talking to me, unprompted, about a birthday cake he was making out of Play-Doh. His speech was somewhat difficult to understand, so I listened closely. And when he orchestrated a pretend surprise party, I did my part. When I popped up from under the table and said, "Surprise!" his smile was out of this world. Yet much as I enjoyed David's company, three hours was a long time for an introvert like me to spend with a rowdy group of children. And David had a few challenging habits, like grabbing food or toys away from others. Yet even in the less-than-stellar moments, I felt like I was right where I was supposed to be.
I stuck close to David, and the perseverance paid off. Later in the evening, a leader showed the kids how to do tricks with neon fabric, starting with simple prompts like, "Toss the scarf with one hand and catch it with the other." David attempted most of them, and did fairly well. But then the leader asked the kids to blow as much air as they could into their fabric squares, then catch them before they drifted to the floor. Most of the children struggled with this task. As the instructor coached the kids, I was standing a few feet behind David. Without warning, he gently leaned into me, trusting that I would support him. As he did, he held up his scarf and said, "Help me!" I did. Together, we took deep breaths and set the scarf flying.
I can hardly describe how I felt in that moment. It reminded me of the time when Willie fell asleep on my shoulder on a boat ride. As I wrote, "For all the times when I have not had what Willie needed—be that a calm presence, a greater understanding of his mind, or a solution to his behavioral challenges—in this moment, I do have what he needs. In this specific instant, I can offer him a peaceful place to rest." When David took those steps backward, I realized: He didn't need to do the scarf trick perfectly. (In fact, he gave up, happily, after that sole attempt.) He just needed to know that someone would be there to help him try.
As I was walking out the door that night, one of the event organizers handed me David's artwork; he'd forgotten it. Paper in hand, I jogged to catch up to David's family. When I handed David the paper, he grinned. I said goodnight, but David was too caught up in his art to reply. But just as I reached my car, I heard his voice call out, "Good night!" And I can't be sure, but I think he said my name.
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Crazy High: Thief Sues Michigan Store That He Tried To Rob!
WXYX reports "A knife-wielding thief shot during a robbery wants reparations for his suffering. In 2007, Scott Thomas Zeilinski robbed a Michigan store at knifepoint. He threatened to kill several employees while holding the weapon to their throats, reported WXYZ, a Detroit ABC affiliate. As he was fleeing, an employee shot him in the arm and back. And now, Zeilinski, who is serving 8 to 22 years in jail for the crime, is suing that same store to pay him more than $125,000 for his pain, suffering and emotional distress. "What about the stress that was brought onto the 17-year-old who was involved? What about the stress to the family? What about the fear for their life that they were put in by this guy?" store owner Ed Tomaszewski "
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On Valentine's Day in Japan, women are supposed to give men sweets (men give women sweets a month later on White Day). And next Valentine's Day, ladies can give Tiger & Bunny cake with a chocolate mousse and green tea chocolate mousse filling.
Priced at ¥3,990, it comes with a Kotetsu T. Kaburagi figure. He's holding a miniature version of the same cake. Wonder if the other Tiger & Bunny protagonist, Barnaby Brooks Jr., will get a cake for White Day? I wonder.
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When Derek Carr arrived at Oakland training camp, he quickly tried to dampen the high expectations around the team by pointing out that the Raiders shouldn't be considered the AFC West favorites. They hadn't even beaten Kansas City the past two years.
Heading into the first meeting of the year with the Chiefs (5-1) at home on Thursday night, Carr and the Raiders (2-4) are searching for a win of any kind after losing four straight games for the first time in three years.
"You want to go out there and beat one of the best teams in football," Carr said. "We have them coming to our place on a short week. So all the challenges are there. Everything is pushing our back against the wall, but one thing I know we're going to do is we're going to come out on Thursday night and fight."
Little has gone right the past month for the Raiders, who have failed to score more than 17 points or gain more than 300 yards in any game during their skid. That has turned a team expected to be a Super Bowl contender into a last-place squad.
No one played better than the Chiefs the first five games as quarterback Alex Smith led a dynamic offense that got a big boost from game-breaking rookie running back Kareem Hunt .
That ended last week when Kansas City was held to 6 yards on 16 plays in the first half and lost to Pittsburgh 19-13 . But with a short week and a long trip , the Chiefs had little time to dwell on that loss.
"You don't even have time to let it marinate or sink in, to be honest," Smith said. "You just have to let it go. It's such a short week when you throw in travel. I mean you don't even have time to really even get into (Sunday's) game. You just have to go. The next one is more important."


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Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that they could reduce pain through neuromodulation, a technique that involves delivering electrical pulses to the nervous system, and is based on the Gate Control Theory of pain. According to this theory, when a large amount of sensory information is being sent to the brain, the nervous system naturally reduces how intense we perceive that sensation to be. In Gate Control Theory, this process is called "closing the gate." Neuromodulation takes advantage of this gate closing process.
Treating pain through neuromodulation involves sending non-painful electrical pulses to the same nerve or nerves conveying the pain signals. Because the nerve is sending so many signals, both pain and stimulation from the mild electrical pulses, the brain "closes the gate," and the pain feels less intense. Decades of research has demonstrated the efficacy of various approaches at neuromodulation for reducing pain in many patients.
Neuromodulation is most effective for pain that is neuropathic, meaning pain that originates in the nerves themselves. Neuropathic pain can be caused by damage to the nerves from physical trauma (e.g., a car accident) or surgery, but sometimes the cause of neuropathic pain is not known. Neuropathic pain may last for months or even years — long after damage to other bodily tissues has healed.
There are several types of devices that use neuromodulation for pain management. For example, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) units send neuromodulating electrical pulses through patches attached to the skin. Other devices, such as spinal cord stimulators or peripheral nerve stimulators, are implanted under the skin so that they can more directly affect nerves.
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A hybrid 3D-printer can create cartilage implants that may eventually help injured patients re-grow cartilage, according to a new study.
Combining a traditional ink-jet printer and an "electrospinning machine," scientists can build implants made from synthetic and natural materials, science journal Biofabrication reported. The former ensures the implant is strong, while the latter promotes cell growth, researchers said.
To test their performance in a living being, the implants were inserted into mice for two, four and eight weeks, with successful results.
"After eight weeks of implantation, the constructs appeared to have developed the structures and properties that are typical of elastic cartilage, demonstrating their potential for insertion into a patient," said the Institute of Physics, which publishes Biofabrication.
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