Select Articles
This page is a collection of links to 3rd party articles that reference empirical evidence or data focused content that aligns
with the scope of ITPI research and benchmarking.
| Article | Date Posted | Source |
| Best-Practices Library Gains Fans | 08/01/05 | informationweek |
| Description: The I.T. Infrastructure Library is designed to help companies cut the cost of using technology and improve the quality of services | ||
| Control Framework Misconceptions | 11/23/04 | Datamation |
| Description: A tremendous number of articles have been written about ISO 17799, ITIL and COBIT. Unfortunately, a number of these articles inaccurately identify these three bodies as control frameworks, and I am repeatedly encountering IT people who are confused about this. Let's take a moment to reset perspectives, both about controls and which of these three bodies of knowledge really is an overall IT control framework. | ||
| META Group Finds 80% of IT Organizations Experiencing IT Operational Issues | 10/08/04 12:27 PM | Yahoo Finance |
| Description: Poor or non-existent process formalization has resulted in more than 80% of information technology organizations (ITOs) experiencing IT operational issues, says META Group (Nasdaq: METG - News), a leading provider of IT research, advisory services, and strategic consulting. | ||
| ITIL, COBIT, CMM Quick Comparision | 02/16/06 04:45 PM | CIO |
| Description: An executive seeking to advance the efficiency of an IT organization has no shortage of options. Not-for-profit organisations have developed a wide range of objective, independent improvement methodologies, including the Capability Maturity Model, the IT Infrastructure Library, and Control Objectives for IT. While these and other approaches vary in scope and emphasis, they all offer detailed guides to implementing processes and practices designed to yield optimal performance in both operations and development environments. Which model is best? | ||
| Secure to the .99999s | 06/25/04 | Info Security |
| Description: Security can learn a lot from Six Sigma, CMM and other established business methodologies. | ||
| High-Performing IT Organizations: What You Need to Know to Become One | 04/30/04 | BetterMgt |
| Description: Occasionally I invite outstanding thought leaders to write a commentary on dominant IT business issues. Gene Kim, CTO of Tripwire and Julia Allen, Senior Member of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, discuss their research on high performing IT operations and explore three critical questions in the context of solving the most common IT challenges. | ||
