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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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Total cost to perform the process "develop and train employees" per business entity employee
This measure calculates total cost per business entity employee to perform the process "develop and train employees". Total cost is the sum of personnel (compensation…
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Total cost to perform the process "develop and train employees" as a percentage of total cost to perform the process group "manage employee on-boarding, development, and training"
This measure calculates percentage of total cost to perform the process group "manage employee on-boarding, development, and training" allocated to the process "develop and…
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Number of learning days per employee
This measure calculates the average number of days per employee that were dedicated to learning. It is calculated by dividing the total number of days utilized for learning a…
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Total cost to perform the process "develop and train employees" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates total cost per $1,000 business entity revenue to perform the process "develop and train employees". Total cost is the sum of personnel (compensation…
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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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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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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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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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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…