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IT Spend as % of Revenue
If your IT spend as a percentage of revenue is more than 5% higher than your industry peers, it could point to more investment in digital transformational activities, a higher proportion of legacy technologies, or more complex applications compared to organizations in your industry. For further insight, check the proportion of IT spend on run, change, and transform activities against your peers to see where they are investing.
If your IT spend as a percentage of revenue is more than 5% lower than your industry peers, it could point to limited investment in IT, more efficient IT operations (higher standardization/automation), or a higher leverage of offshore/nearshore resources compared to organizations in your industry. For further insight, check the proportion of IT spend on run, change, and transform activities against your peers to see where they are investing.
If your IT spend as a percentage of revenue is within 5% of your industry peers, it could mean you have similar complexity, scale, and efficiency to organizations in your industry. For further insight, check the proportion of IT spend on run, change, and transform activities against your peers below.
To see how you compare, estimate your company’s annual revenue in the form above.
IT Spend Per User
Represents the annual IT spend divided by the total number of users eligible to receive IT services, a high-level unit cost for IT services.
If your IT spend per user is more than 5% higher than your industry peers, it could mean more investment in digital transformation activities, a lower number of users (less scale), or more substantial business reliance on IT (higher complexity/innovation) compared to organizations in your industry. For further insight, check the proportion of IT spend on run, change, and transform activities against your peers below.
If your IT spend per user is more than 5% lower than your industry peers, it could mean your organization has a higher number of users (more scale), more efficient IT operations (higher standardization/automation), or a higher leverage of offshore/nearshore resources compared to in your industry. For further insight, check the proportion of IT spend on run, change, and transform activities against your peers to see where they are investing.
If your IT spend per user is within 5% of your industry peers, it could be your organization has similar complexity, scale, and efficiency to organizations in your industry. For further insight, check the proportion of IT spend on run, change, and transform activities against your peers to see where they are investing.
To see how you compare, estimate how many IT users are in your company in the form above.
Cybersecurity Spend as % of IT Spend
If your cybersecurity spend as a percentage of IT spend is more than 5% higher than the global mean, it could suggest a low organizational risk tolerance, recent investment in digital transformation, stricter regulation/compliance requirements, a highly targeted business, significant data breaches within the last 24 months, or a more complex/decentralized organization compared to organizations in your industry.
If your cybersecurity spend as a percentage of IT spend is more than 5% lower than the global mean, it could suggest a high organizational risk tolerance, a lack of cybersecurity investment, or less on-premise infrastructure/applications compared to organizations in your industry.
If your cybersecurity spend as a percentage of IT spend is within 5% of the global mean, it could suggest cybersecurity growth aligned to market trends, effective threat deterrence, or similar cybersecurity capabilities compared to organizations in your industry.
To see how you compare, estimate your company’s annual Cybersecurity spend in the form above.
Public Cloud Spend as a % of IT Spend
Measures the annual public cloud spend (inclusive of Hyperscaler spend and associated service activities) as a percentage of annual IT spend (inclusive of IT infrastructure, application development and maintenance, and IT management services).
If your public cloud spend as a percentage of IT spend is more than 5% higher than the global mean, it could suggest a more aggressive cloud migration strategy, greater business requirements for higher scalability and flexibility, a smaller organizational scale, or ineffective demand management/cloud governance compared to organizations in your industry.
If your public cloud spend as a percentage of IT spend is more than 5% lower than the global mean, it could suggest more legacy applications/infrastructure, a lack of cloud investment/migration, lessened business requirements for scalability and flexibility, a larger organizational scale, or greater security/data compliance concerns compared to organizations in your industry.
If your public cloud spend as a percentage of IT spend is within 5% of the global mean, it could suggest a cloud strategy aligned to market trends, effective demand management/cloud governance, or a steady growth/demand curve compared to organizations in your industry.
To see how you compare, estimate your company’s annual Cloud Services spend in the form above.
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