Avasant

Cloud Enterprise Agreements Benchmark

IT SOFTWARE LICENSE BENCHMARK

Avasant benchmarked an IT Infrastructure Service Contract (TCV: $250M) for a multinational engineering and construction firm, with client’s IT Service Provider was actively engaged Our benchmarking experts prepared a cost baseline across 14 countries and 7 service towers, and compared the baseline to comparable market benchmarks In addition to this, Avasant also provided guidance to align the contract structure to current market requirements ​ Acting on Avasant’s benchmark findings and recommendations, the client realized savings of over $98M for contract term The provider was able to retain the client without competitive bidding and also managed to increase the contract scope

IT Spending and Budget Metrics

IT OPEX & CAPEX METRICS

IT Service Area Spending Comparison

Avasant provides deep expertise in IT cost and staff analysis, with a library of over 75 metrics across more than 25 Industry verticals This capability allows us to provide targeted and data-driven recommendations to optimize the IT spend of our clients

Guided by our commitment to help our clients make better data-driven decisions, we acquired research and data powerhouse Computer Economics™ Computer Economics has been publishing IT Spend and Staffing benchmarking since 1990—longest running in the industry

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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis of IT Service Areas

Spend Categorization Per TBM Best Practices

As IT organizations continue to evolve as value drivers governed by principles of business management, Avasant offers TCO Analysis for Enterprise IT organizations, by categorizing IT Spend in standard Service Areas and Cost pools This standardized TCO view enables a comparison of your IT Costs to industry peers

In addition to this, Avasant can help you compare multiple scenarios to develop the relevant business case for sourcing and organization-level transformations

Salary Data for It Jobs

COST US (400+ LOCATIONS), UK AND CANADA

Having the right in-house IT talent is of strategic importance for today’s businesses, and their cost and availability is governed by multiple factors, including skillset and geography Avasant’s database includes salary benchmarks for more than 100 job titles across locations in US, UK and Canada

In addition to these, we provide staffing benchmarks for 16 IT functions, that provide a comprehensive view of IT staff ratio for industry peers

Server and Storage Management

Database and Middleware Management

End User Device Management

SERVICE DESK, DESKSIDE SERVICES

Network and Security Services

With ubiquity of Digital Workplace and Cloud-based infrastructure, IT Infrastructure Services have gained strategic importance within Enterprise Architecture In recent years, IT Infrastructure solutions have achieved cost efficiencies through innovation and economies of scale, and Avasant has been at forefront to track their impact on market Avasant offers the most current market price comparison for end to end Managed Services, covering over 90 resource units in 50 geographies

As the benchmark data is sourced from actual negotiated IT contracts, it covers a diverse set of IT service providers in terms of the rate they offer for a comparable IT Service/Resource Unit

Cloud and Devops Services

AI, BI AND DATA SERVICES

With Digital and Application Services, enterprises need to maintain the right balance of investment in innovation and cost management for on-going operations This service area is the most strategic compared to other IT service areas, with offerings from Service Providers across tiers and specializations With access to over 50,000 contracts, Avasant is uniquely positioned to provide accurate market rates (hourly / monthly) for over 100 IT roles covering skillset in Digital Services, Service Management, Application Management, Infrastructure Management, and Cloud Services

Our Rate Card benchmarks across these services address all the key attributes that impact the market price, including delivery location, environment (long-term v short-term projects) and billing model (Managed Services, Time & Material)