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Most IT leaders either love centralization or hate it. In some organizations, you may love it one year and hate it the next. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives presents the top five arguments for centralizing your IT department.

For more, you can read the original article that this episode was based on, read the original discussion thread, and read the counterpoint for decentralizing IT:

Jason HinerJason Hiner is the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. Previously, he worked as an IT Manager in the health care industry. You can find him on Twitter, LinkedIn and at JasonHiner.com. To see the gadgets and personal tech he uses, view his gdgt profile.

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Is your IT department becoming more centralized or decentralized? Jason HinerTechrepublic Moderator | 07/09/08
Operations is moving towards outsourcing toretrollsaas@... | 07/10/08
It?s were most of the IT departments are going dreron@... | 07/10/08
Quote HumZ | 07/10/08
Cost is a big factor chris.santo@... | 07/10/08
Helpful in my IT work isdmas2004@... | 07/10/08
Hybrid is best WiseITOne | 07/10/08
Inevitably, there is a tradeoff... ibogorad@... | 07/10/08
Good Point Craig_B | 07/10/08
Centralization: Lost revenue is not considered GreatScot | 07/10/08
Centralization may be missing cost input at client end cellnucleous@... | 07/10/08
Right on Scot! jorge.blat.palacios@... | 07/10/08
Content removed by moderator for being spam office@... | 07/10/08
office@... chris.santo@... | 07/10/08

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