Quoting Mark Twain, who may or may not be quoting Benjamin Disraeli (or others)...
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics"1. On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > To me, Gartner's stats are just derived from flawed research and easily > subverted questions. > > * * > > *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Tada…**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Particularly Gartner’s, IMO…**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:43 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Or just make them up…as 95% of all statistics are.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 9:19 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: [OT] Stats about IT**** >> >> ** ** >> >> You're going to want to check with the research firms:**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Gartner, IDC, Forrester, ITIC, etc (http://itic-corp.com/)**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> Additionally, Google the question and see what references you find... >> **** >> >> *ASB***** >> >> *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker***** >> >> *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…***** >> >> ** ** >> >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Oliver Marshall < >> [email protected]> wrote:**** >> >> Does anyone know of a good source of statistics about IT? I’m thinking of >> the kind of thing we can use in reports or to bring up on topics like “80% >> of companies see a return on investment from an increase in IT spend, 20% >> of companies without backup fail in a year, 40% of IT Managers go mad in >> the first year” that kind of thing.**** >> >> **** >> >> Olly**** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> **** >> >> Network Support >> Online Backups >> Server Management**** >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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