Costs & Benefits

Measure, control, optimise

Orienting oneself to the best - that means: recognising weaknesses and one's own strengths in order to improve in a targeted way. It is about prices and services, costs and productivity, employees and processes, customers and users. And the strategy to outperform the IT benchmark.

Costs & Benefits, Methods & Tools

TBM - Showing cost and value of applications

The application portfolio is somewhat of a black box - necessary, opaque and expensive. With the TBM framework, application managers can strengthen their position by demonstrating the potential of digital tools. But what is TBM and what are its benefits?

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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.

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How to reduce IT operating costs

In times of crisis, seemingly simple solutions to cut IT costs are very popular. But they also come at a high price, for example in IT operations. Three critical pitfalls must be avoided to help CIOs and IT managers prioritise spending more effectively and sustainably.

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How to optimise DevOps performance with a benchmark

DevOps is an attempt to combine the art of development with service efficiency. With a structured DevOps assessment, the collaboration of DevOps teams and their output can be evaluated internally and against the market to demonstrate performance and room for improvement.

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Agile development pays off

Software is the infrastructure of the 21st century, developers are one of the most important tech professions. In a benchmarking study with Kearney, we found: Agile methods can help increase the efficiency of processes and developers.

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IT Security - the journey is the reward

IT security is not just a chore, but a real competitive advantage. Yet many still think of firewalls. But how can you check what's up to date and whether your own investments in IT security are appropriate?

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Optimise IT costs in a sensible way

The economic situation reinforces the reflex to optimise IT costs quickly. A systematic approach would make more sense and be more sustainable: IT cost reduction must lower expenditure in the right places.

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Layer model of IT operating costs

Costs of IT operations are usually too large, inflexible and misallocated. Often it is a matter of selecting areas with low risks for operations or security - not jeopardising the business benefit.

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How to open the Blackbox IT Security?

Spending on IT security is rising steeply, and it's difficult for companies to determine their position: Am I investing enough in security?

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Never touch a running IT service catalogue?

IT service catalogues pay off - if they are regularly updated. Our projects show that without constant maintenance, the gap between best in class and average is widening.