Data Driven Consulting

IT Benchmarking meets IT Sourcing

Put your IT organisation to the test, learn from the best and make your data-driven decisions with us!

Sound decisions

The right sourcing strategy

Whether from external or internal sources, companies are increasingly taking a pragmatic view of IT procurement. Our consultants bring light into darkness - from strategy to control of the service performance.

Cost containment

IT productivity put to the test

Costs, services, complexity and quality - a benchmark comparison provides all the facts needed to optimise the price/performance ratio of IT services and to justify IT decisions.

The change in IT infrastructure, network, workplace, salaries for IT employees, freelancer, consultants and application cost in 2025

Costs & Benefits

IT Budget and IT Costs: Forecast 2025

IT cost-optimisation measures will shape the year 2025, and IT budgets will only grow slightly. This will force IT management to put services to the test. Only budgets for IT security show further double-digit growth.

Case Study - IT sourcing

Market price benchmark at ABRSM

Optimising application management: Metrics supported ABRSM from UK in reviewing the cost-value ratio of a strategic sourcing agreement and initiating a favourable contract prolongation.

Career

Your position as a C-level consultant

You have the courage to advise CIOs, CFOs and senior managers competently and objectively on strategic issues? Then Metrics is the right place for you. Contact us and get busy!

Trends and Threats

2025 IT Agenda

What will IT budgets look like in 2025, what strategic IT issues will be a priority for companies, and what measures are IT managers taking to counteract rising costs? Once again, we have teamed up with VOICE, the German association of IT users, to find the answers. IT Agenda 2025 focuses on IT costs and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Application Excellence

Applications are the strategic part of enterprise IT, with software accounting for more than half of the IT budget. Optimising them to achieve Application Excellence is not a monumental project, but an evolutionary journey. In the free evaluation of our Application Excellence 2024 survey, we show where progress is being made and where action is needed.

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IT Agenda 2024

Together with the Federal Association of IT Users VOICE e.V., we have determined how the IT budget will develop in 2024, prioritised strategic IT topics and anticipated areas where cost increases may occur. The primary focus of this year's research is centred around Business Capabilities and SAP S4/HANA.

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IT Agenda 2023

Together with the German Association of IT Users VOICE e.V., we asked again what the IT agenda will look like in the coming year. This much can be revealed for 2023: more IT self-awareness, more budget and four times India.

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Sustainability

Together with the German Association of IT Users VOICE e.V., we asked ourselves what the situation is regarding sustainability in companies and found that a comprehensive set of key figures for controlling is still missing. You can find out what these are in our study.

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