Posts Tagged ‘information technology’

Information Technology Investment in the US Information Services Industry

As we saw in an earlier article, the Information Services industry is the most “intensive” user of information technology (IT).  In 2015, the Information Services industry invested (per worker) over 8 times has much as the average and nearly 300 times as much as the least intensive industry. This is not just a single year…

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Healthcare Information Technology Investment Trends

According to US government data (US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)), Healthcare industry investment in computers, software and communications equipment has grown by a compound annual rate (CAGR) of 6% since 2000.  For the rest of the private (non-government) US market, such investment has grown at a slightly lower rate of 5% per year. Interactive…

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US Information Technology Investment per Worker

Investment in information technology by US businesses varies dramatically across industries.  On a per worker basis, the top industry invested over 300 times that invested by the bottom industry in 2015. Why does information technology investment per worker matter? While information technology (IT) investment per worker has grown over time across all industries, there clearly…

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Enhanced B2B Data Can Markedly Improve Prospect Scores

Data availability can limit the quality of B2B prospect scores.  We are not talking about sample size, which is important.  But about the characteristics of the businesses the prospect score is meant to rank. A client’s customer was using an “off the shelf” application for prospect scoring.  This application used a very limited set of…

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