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Percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to operating/maintaining the business
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization for capital expenses on assets acquired during current period, allocated to…
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Internal personnel cost, including benefits, as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of internal personnel (including benefits) as a percentage of the total IT cost. Personnel cost refers to employee personnel compensation …
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On-premise software cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of on-premise software (including what is delivered via private clouds; including operating systems, middleware such as database management…
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Hardware cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of hardware (processors and storage including those part of private clouds) as a percentage of the total IT cost. Total IT Cost or Budget …
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Average number of defective parts per million
This measure calculates the average defect rate in parts per million for a company's primary products. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help companies…
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Application security cost as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of application security as a percentage of the total IT security and compliance cost. IT security and compliance cost covers expenses for…
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Data center costs as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the data center costs (computing, storage, middleware, database, and associated overhead including facilities, also including those delivered via…
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Application development cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of application development as a percentage of the total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization. Total IT Cost or Budget (excluding…
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Public cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Serviceas a percentage of the total IT cost. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) describes cloud computing…
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Percentage of total IT internal personnel cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to application maintenance
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT internal personnel cost (including benefits), excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to application maintenance…
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Percentage of the IT organization's spending dedicated to cloud
This measure calculates the percentage of the IT organization's spending dedicated to cloud. Cloud computing is technology that allows users to access and use shared data and…
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Infrastructure and endpoint security cost as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of infrastructure and endpoint security as a percentage of the total IT security and compliance cost. Endpoints or endpoint devices are…
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Percentage of the IT organization's spending dedicated to robotic process automation
This measure calculates the percentage of the IT organization's spending dedicated to robotic process automation (RPA). Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a type of process…
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Identity and access management cost as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of identity and access management as a percentage of total IT security and compliance cost. IT security and compliance cost covers expenses…
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End-user devices and print services costs as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the end-user devices and print services costs (desktops, laptops, smartphones etc including operating systems, videoconferencing equipment, printers;…