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Books New book! Information Productivity
Amazon.com announces that The Squandered Computer
is the year's #1 Bestseller in Information Management.
Talks  
Selected lectures from Paul Strassmann's schedule.

Articles

Here are some recent articles by or about Paul A. Strassmann.
   
Interview: Financial TimesNew!
by Rod Newing, Financial Times, December 5, 2001
Why CIOs should want to go to jailNew!
by Grant Heinrich, MIS Asia, September 2001
McKinsey's MistakesNew!
TechTV, October 18, 2001
Putting a Price on KnowledgeNew!
review by William Sheridan, Sept 2001
Govt. should blaze global information warfare trailsNew!
SearchSecurity.com, August 2001
The guru of profitless computing
Financial Times, June 28, 2001
R&D and Knowledge
Knowledge Management Magazine, June 2001
Personal Capitalists
Knowledge Management Magazine, May 2001
KM, IT and Organizational Capital
Knowledge Management Magazine, April 2001
Individual rights vs. corporate controls for PCs
SearchSecurity.com, April 2001
Prophecies Don't Serve Knowledge Capital
Knowledge Management Magazine, March 2001
The Pernicious Characteristics of Monocultures
WGBH/Frontline (on PBS), February, 2001
How to Value Information Security Risks
Knowledge Management Magazine, February 2001
Art of Budgeting (part 3)
SearchSecurity.com, January 2001
Bending the Numbers
Knowledge Management Magazine, January 2001
The Art of Budgeting: How to Ask for Money for Information Security
SearchSecurity.com, December 2000
The Perverse Economics of Information
iMP Information Impacts Magazine, September 2000
How E-Business Affects Knowledge Capital
Knowledge Management Magazine, November 2000
How to Explain Spending on Information Security
SearchSecurity.com, October 2000
Intelligence in Question
Knowledge Management Magazine, October 2000
Expecting Too Much of Knowledge
Knowledge Management Magazine, August 2000
The Economics of Information Security
InfowarCon 2000, September 2000 [Slides (1.3Mb)]
Assessment of Productivity, Technology and Knowledge Capital
by Paul Strassmann, July 2000
Governance of Information Management: Principles and Concepts
by Paul Strassmann, July 2000
Revenues and Profits of Global Information Technology Suppliers
by Paul Strassmann, June 2000
Global Knowledge Power
Knowledge Management Magazine, June 2000
The Agenda Setters
Video interview, from Silicon.com, May 25, 2000 [RealVideo, 9 minutes]
Information Productivity Indicators of U.S. Corporations
by Paul Strassmann, May 2000
Knowledge Power in the Cyber-Economy
Knowledge Management Magazine, May 2000
Seminar: London
Butler Group, May 16, 2000
The Knowledge-Devouring Web
Knowledge Management Magazine, April 2000
The Importance of Knowledge Capital
Knowledge Management Magazine, March 2000
Technology-based Confrontations Blur the Line Between Competition and Conflict
Signal, February 2000
Accumulating Knowledge Efficiency
Knowledge Management Magazine, February 2000
IP - A New Metric for the Information Age
Silicon.com, January 2000
The Coming of Knowledge Services Markets
Knowledge Executive Report, January 2000
When Spending Is Investing
Knowledge Management Magazine, January 2000
McNeil-Lehrer News Hour [Transcript | RealAudio]
PBS live broadcast, January 5, 2000
What's the Worth of an Employee?
Knowledge Management Magazine, December 1999
Ticker-Tape Charade
Knowledge Management Magazine, November 1999
Measurement Recommended
Canberra Times, November 10, 1999
Calculating Knowledge Capital
Knowledge Management Magazine, October 1999
Butler Group to retain Paul Strassmann
Press Release, September 1999
Does Knowledge Capital Explain Market/Book Valuations?
by Paul Strassmann, September 1999
The Partisan
by Peter Golden, Electronic Business, August 1999
Alignment of IT and Business: Key to Realizing Business Value
by Paul Strassmann and Danek Bienkowski, ABT Corp. White Paper, August 1999
Interview - In the Firing Line
MIS Web, June 1999
Measuring and Managing Knowledge Capital
Knowledge Executive Report, June 1999
SmartSourcing for Innovation
[Slides] SMARTsourcing Conference, June 28, 1999
Software: Expense or Asset?
[streaming video & slides] The Art of ROI, JavaOne Symposium, June 14, 1999
Computer productivity: Paul Strassmann's facts or Bob Lewis' fiction?
Infoworld, May 31, 1999
Is There a Computer Paradox?
Private Briefing to the Federal Reserve Board, April 15, 1999
What's the Key to Implementing Knowledge Management?
Interview, Knowledge Management Magazine, April 1999
Numbers indicate that companies overspend on information management
Infoworld, March 22, 1999
Beat The Clock
GCN, September 21, 1998
What is Alignment?
Cutter IT Journal, August, 1998
Of Men and Machines: Productivity Declines
Forbes, June 11, 1998
Experts Debate Y2K Costs
Computerworld, June 8, 1998
Outsourcing IT: Miracle Cure or Emetic?
by Paul Strassmann, May, 1998
Comments about Y2000 Test Certification
by Paul Strassmann, April, 1998
The Value of Knowledge Capital
American Programmer, March, 1998
Book Review
Computing Reviews, December, 1997
Preface to "The Year 2000 Software Problem"
Addison-Wesley, December, 1997
Les ordinateurs ne créent pas de richesse [in French]
Interview, La Tribune, December 3, 1997
40 Years of IT History
by Paul Strassmann, Datamation, 40th Anniversary Special Issue, October 1997
CIO Hall of Fame
CIO Magazine, September 1997
Strassmann on Politics and Guidelines
Review by Michael Schrage, Harvard Business Review, Sept-Oct, 1997
Align for the Bottom Line
Review by Megan Santosus, CIO Magazine, August 1997
Taking Computers To Task
Scientific American, July 1997
Delete Yourself [in both English and Portuguese]
by Helio Gurovitz, Exame, June 4, 1997
Do U.S. Firms Spend Too Much on Information Technology?
Interview with Norm Alster, Investor's Business Daily, April 3, 1997
Will Big Spending on Computers Guarantee Profitability?
by Paul Strassmann, Datamation, February 1997
Has Business Squandered The IT Payoff?
by Paul Strassmann, Computer Finance, January 1997
The Thickness of Concrete on the Maginot Line
by Paul Strassmann, InfoWar.Com, January 1997
Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee
April 23, 1991

(Click here for more articles from 1991-1996)

Knowledge Management Magazine articles by Paul A. Strassmann


Computerworld guest columns 1997-present
Fighting McKinsey New! December 3, 2001
Transforming IT New! November 5, 2001
Secure the Internet New! October 1, 2001
Diet? What Diet? New! September 3, 2001
Uncertain Sentries August 6, 2001
GE's B2B Retreat July 2, 2001
Bubble Trouble June 4, 2001
A Deal Gone Bad? May 7, 2001
A Growing Bubble April 9, 2001
Debunking Dogma March 5, 2001
Signs on Wall St February 5, 2001
Fuzzy Math in D.C. January 8, 2001
Fishing for Data December 4, 2000
The Xerox Tragedy November 6, 2000
The Impact of B2B October 2, 2000
Behind the Hype September 4, 2000
Seeds of Arrogance? August 7, 2000
Behind The Claims July 3, 2000
GM's Info Gamble: The Numbers Behind a Story June 5, 2000
Finding Net Profits May 1, 2000
Practice Ethical IT April 3, 2000
Fighting the Jobs Gap March 6, 2000
The Microsoft Shift February 7, 2000
The Y2K 'Ransom' January 10, 2000
No Reason for Euphoria January 1, 2000
GAAP Helps Whom? December 6, 1999
Innovation Paradox November 1, 1999
The Knowledge Fuss October 4, 1999
Paradox Revisited September 6, 1999
The Search for Productivity August 9, 1999
IT's Upcoming Shift August 2, 1999
End Build-and-Junk July 5, 1999
Credit Greenspan, not Computers June 7, 1999
IT Paradox Number May 3, 1999
How Are Your Y2K Contingency Plans? March 29, 1999
Deflating Microsoft March 1, 1999
Women Take Over February 1, 1999
The Battle of the Millennium: CIOs vs. Lawyers January 4, 1999
Microsoft: A U.S. Security Threat November 30, 1998
For IT Assurance, Get Some Insurance November 2, 1998
The Road To Failure Is Paved With Glib Buzzwords October 5, 1998
Year 2000 Opens Door to More Federal Rules for IT August 31, 1998
Year 2000 Costs: Making Sense of a Senseless Debate August 3, 1998
Quack Software Warranties Have Got To Go July 7, 1998
Quality Is the Answer to the Labor 'Crisis' June 8, 1998
Hard Data (At Last) On Year 2000 Costs May 18, 1998
Boulders On The Road Ahead May 11, 1998
Taking the Measure of Knowledge Assets April 6, 1998
Year 2000 A 'Bug'? Swat That Word From Your Dictionary March 2, 1998
Bogus Payback: Easy Answers Create Long-Term Problem February 2, 1998
Head Count is No Way to Measure How Good You Are January 12, 1998
To Cut Costs, Find the Costliest Users December 8, 1997
The Price of Uncertain Leadership November 10, 1997
Microsoft At Your Service? Could Be October 13, 1997
Computers Have Yet To Make Companies More Productive September 15, 1997
Beyond the Internet: The Next Computer Cycle August 11, 1997
To Lower Ownership Costs, Improve Management July 14, 1997
The Real Costs of the Year 2000 Disaster June 13, 1997
Warning: 1998 Budget Cuts Ahead May 12, 1997
People: The Untold Part of the Total Cost Story April 14, 1997
Next Blow To IS' Image: The Cost Of Owning PCs March 10, 1997
What's the Best IS Defense? Being Prepared February 10, 1997
The Real Costs of Personal Computers January 13, 1997
(Click here for columns from 1994-1996)


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