Hackett: Baseline Magazine, ``How to Measure IT's Business Value''

  
    
  
  
    
      For as long as there has been computers, servers and software, CIOs and 
      IT managers have struggled to quantify the value they add to their 
      businesses. In "Business Value: The Future Yardstick of IT Performance," 
      The Hackett Group outlined four basic principles for companies to follow 
      when calculating the business value of IT investments over time.
    
    
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