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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 |
| IT: – Still the Black Hole of the Balance Sheet? | 05/03/06 | ChannelRegister |
| Description: This was the title of an interesting media roundtable organised by Managed Objects. It discussed measuring the cost/benefit of IT in the business, although a research survey (of almost 300 IT and business managers) commissioned by Managed Objects as a basis for the discussion, appeared to concentrate mostly on the cost side of the equation and the granularity with which costs could be measured. | ||
| Interesting Example of a simple process change that could have a big impact | 05/01/06 | Forbes |
| Description: A simple change in the way doctors' verbal medical orders are entered into a computerized physician order-entry system reduced errors to zero, a new study found. By simply having the resident read back the order before he or she entered it into the computer, we reduced verbal order errors from 9.1 percent to zero. | ||
| Research Finds Five Compliance-Cost Success Factors | 04/07/06 | Smartpros |
| Description: The study revealed a significant discrepancy in the compliance management costs incurred by the top- and bottom-performing organizations. Most The research suggests that organizations with a higher level of automated controls exhibit lower overall cost and greater efficiency. | ||
| Chief security officers - top reason for investing in security software is | 04/06/06 | Informationwee |
| Description: Some 50 North American chief information security officers (CISOs) participated in the Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. survey. Put simply, they said regulatory compliance ranks as the top business reason driving demand for security software. Next came protecting access by unauthorized intrusions and unplanned downtime. | ||
| Making a case for evidence based management | 04/07/06 | CIO Insight |
| Description: Evidence-based management isn't just about sifting through mountains of management research before making decisions. It's about testing ideas, and learning from your mistakes. It's really an attitude—in fact, you could call it the Attitude of Wisdom. | ||
| Lean manufacturing and IT: no oxymoron | 04/01/06 | Ferret.com.au |
| Description: By applying Lean to the enterprise, rather than to one process – manufacturers are finding that IT can be applied to Lean philosophies to the benefit of business. | ||
