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Valuation of information assets

The Value of Information Navy CIO - July 2005

Poses the question of the value to US had it known the time & targets of the terrorists attacks on Sept 11 2001?

Many useful for sources quoted eg:

• Meta Group ‘Infonomics’.
   

• US Dept of transport, Federal Highway Administration “Value of information & information services” (Volpe 1998) eg reduced costs of research & operations, faster implementation of innovations, more effective decision making at all levels.
   

• ‘The value of Computers, Information & Knowledge’ (Strassman 1996).
   

• “Information is now a more important measure of a company’s worth than their tangible assets…”