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IT leaders sometimes struggle to pick the right metrics to report to the company’s top executives, so they pick metrics focused on the underlying technologies. Since those metrics aren’t well linked to business outcomes, business decision makers rely on the one metric they do understand - the cost of IT and how to reduce it. This leads to a continuous cycle of cost reductions, which can seriously constrain IT operations and limit opportunities for innovation. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives explains five essential metrics for managing IT.

For those of you who prefer text over video, you can click the “Transcript” link underneath the video or you can read the white paper that this episode was based on: Forrester’s Five Essential Metrics for Managing IT.

Jason HinerJason Hiner is the Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. Previously, he worked as an IT Manager in the health care industry. You can find him on Twitter, LinkedIn and at JasonHiner.com. To see the gadgets and personal tech he uses, view his gdgt profile.

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What are the most important metrics for your IT department? Jason HinerTechrepublic Moderator | 07/08/09
I like it jck | 07/09/09
It's true, and ... Jason HinerTechrepublic Moderator | 07/10/09
That would be good jck | 07/10/09
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Interesting observation ... Jason HinerTechrepublic Moderator | 07/10/09
If you can't measure it - you'll never manage it koby@... | 07/09/09
I like that Jason HinerTechrepublic Moderator | 07/10/09
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It still doesn't mean that Jason's presentation wasn't a good one dbecker@... | 07/09/09
Differing IT environments dbecker@... | 07/09/09
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