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Outsourcing cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates cost for outsourcing (other than public cloud) including network transmission and consulting services (where a third party assumes full responsibility…
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Third-party Software as a Service (SaaS) cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of third-party Software-as-a-Service as a percentage of the total IT cost. Software as a Service (SaaS) is model for distributing software in…
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Other public cloud services (incl. Platform as a Service (PaaS)) cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates cost of other public cloud services (other than SaaS or IaaS) including Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) as a percentage of the total IT cost. Software as…
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IT security and compliance cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the IT security and compliance cost as a percentage of the total IT cost. IT security and compliance cost covers expenses for security strategy and…
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Other cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates cost other than personnel, contractors, hardware, software, public cloud, outsourcing, or facilities/overhead as a percentage of the total IT cost…
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Contractor cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of contractor as a percentage of the total IT cost. Total IT Cost or Budget (excluding depreciation/amortization; i.e., based on cash flow)…
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Data security cost as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of data security as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost. IT security and compliance cost covers expenses for security…
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Security strategy and architecture, governance, risk and compliance control cost as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of security strategy and architecture, governance, risk and compliance control as a percentage of the total IT security and compliance cost…
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Percentage of new hire retention after 12 months
This measure calculates the percentage of new hires (middle management/specialists, operational workers/office staff, and senior management/executives) that are still…
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Facilities/overhead cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost for facilities/overhead including the facilities that support data centers as a percentage of the total IT cost. Total IT Cost or Budget …
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Number of business entity employees per FTE that performs the process group "manage employee information"
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that performs the process group "manage employee information," which…
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Number of business entity employees per FTE that performs the process group "reward and retain employees"
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that performs the process group "reward and retain employees," which…
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Percentage of employees with access to Employee Self-Service (ESS) system
This measure calculates the percentage of employees who have access to an Employee Self-Service (ESS) system, which allows non-payroll, non-benefits and non-HR employees to…
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Percentage of managers with access to Manager Self-Service (MSS) system
This measure calculates the percentage of employees who have access to a Manager Self-Service (MSS) system, which allows non-payroll, non-benefits and non-HR managers to…
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Average tenure in months for business entity agents
This measure calculates the average tenure in months for agents/customer service representatives who directly handle contacts at your business entity. It is part of a set of…