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{{Short description|IT research firm}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = Computer Economics

| logo = [[File:Computer Economics logo.gif]]

| industry = [[Technology industry]]

| founded = {{Start date and age|1979}}

| founder = Bruno Bassi

| hq_location_city = [[El Segundo, California]]

| parent = Avasant Research

| website = {{URL|computereconomics.com}}

}}

'''Computer Economics''' is an [[Information technology|IT]] research [[company (law)|firm]] focusing on the strategic and financial management of information systems.<ref name="Freeman">{{cite news|last=Freeman |first=Mike |date=1999-09-29 |title=Computer Economics wants to hear your cyber beefs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1463633/standardspeaker/ |newspaper=[[Standard-Speaker]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=2014-12-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225050013/http://www.newspapers.com/clippings/downloadClipping/?id=1463633 |archivedate=2014-12-25 |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref><ref name="Delio">{{cite news |last=Delio |first=Michelle |authorlink=Michelle Delio |date=2002-01-14 |title=Find the Cost of (Virus) Freedom |url=http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2002/01/49681?currentPage=all |newspaper=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |accessdate=2014-12-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225050929/http://archive.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2002/01/49681?currentPage=all |archivedate=2014-12-25 }}</ref><ref name="Leyden">{{cite news |last=Leyden |first=John |date=2002-01-16 |title=Lies, damned lies and anti-virus statistics |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/23707.html |newspaper=[[The Register]] |accessdate=2014-12-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726035216/http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/23707.html |archivedate=2008-07-26 }}</ref> It was founded in 1979 by Bruno Bassi and is currently headquartered in [[El Segundo, California]], USA. Clients include IT organizations, consulting firms, and financial services firms in [[North America]] and other countries. Computer Economics research provides IT metrics in six categories along with practical advice backed up by annual surveys of IT decision makers.

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Computer Economics is a service of Avasant Research.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Computer Economics - Computer Economics -- for IT metrics, ratios, benchmarks, and research advisories for IT management|url=https://www.computereconomics.com/page.cfm?name=aboutus|access-date=2020-09-24|website=www.computereconomics.com|language=en}}</ref>

The firm does not accept research sponsorships from technology vendors.

==References==

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==External links==

* [http://www.computereconomics.com Official site]

* [https://avasant.com/research/ Avasant Research and Data]

* [http://www.computereconomics.com/page.cfm?name=inthenews Computer Economics in the News]

[[Category:International information technology consulting firms]]

[[Category:Research and analysis firms of the United States]]

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