importance of IT measurements for an organization

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Introduction

The performance of a business is a strategic issue which depends greatly on IT contribution . IT is crucial for any business to grow as it enables efficient and effective communication between the employees and with the customers . Similarly , in collaboration with internet , IT provides means of networking , marketing and communication . It provides storage capacity for the company 's data , data protection , data processing , transmission and retrieval

of data as required (Alexandrou 2009 . Furthermore , it saves space which would have been used for storage of many works . IT has many advantages to a business but it can also have disadvantages . It is therefore important for businesses to evaluate it before adopting it within its structure . IT offers different features and since different businesses have different needs it is therefore important for a business to lay down its objectives before adopting it . In most of the big organizations IT has been adopted entirely in most of their operations while the small ones use it in performing a number of operations . Adopting IT for the entire business operations requires much financial investment and analysis of the technology

According to Myers (2004 , few organizations have put in place measures that ensure their corporate strategies and IT are aligned . In other words , few organizations have put in place rigorous systems for measuring the value brought about by IT to their business . In some organizations...