Hello, world. I’m Richard Ross, and I have an opinion on IT. In over 30 years in IT, I’ve built and sold it, bought and supported it, and advised others on how to do the same. If I didn’t have an opinion by now, I suspect you would be wondering what I was doing with my time for all those years.

This blog is about IT in finance, which is a very broad topic indeed. Its intended community is CFOs who might have IT reporting to them or at least be responsible for IT financials included in their companies’ reporting. It will also be useful to investors. We’ll cover a broad spectrum of topics that I think you should know about, ranging from IT management to regulatory requirements to specific products and events.

I’m going to start the blog with several posts about what have emerged for me as universal truths regarding how one looks at and manages IT. These will serve as a primer on some basics and help to define terms that we can use going forward. I expect we’ll refer back to them in the days to come. After and in parallel to those, I’ll post commentary on topical events and, of course, in response to your posts. ###