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Cycle time in days to perform financial evaluation of new products
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) it takes to assess an investment for its profitability using cash flow methods or equivalent analysis…
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Percentage of employees with compensations affected by budget versus actual variances
This measure calculates the percentage of employees with compensation affected by budget versus actual variances. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures…
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Compounded annual growth rate in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization over the past three reporting periods
This measure calculates the compounded annual growth rate in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) over the past three reporting periods. It…
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Compounded annual growth rate of revenue over the past three reporting periods
This measure calculates the compounded annual growth rate of revenue over the past three reporting periods. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help…
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EBITDA margin (current reporting period)
This measure calculates the earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margin for current reporting period. It is part of a set of Supplemental…
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Percentage growth in EBITDA from three reporting periods prior
This measure calculates the percentage growth in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) over the past three reporting periods. It is part of a…
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Revenue growth from three reporting periods prior
This measure calculates revenue growth over the past three reporting periods. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help companies evaluate additional…
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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…