Determining a Technology State of an Entity Using a Technology Index
First Claim
1. A method for determining a technology state of an entity, comprising:
- accessing information technology (IT) quantity data for an entity for a first time period, the IT quantity data comprising;
technology quantity data for one or more technology components of the entity, the technology quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete technology components of the entity and a number of non-obsolete technology components of the entity;
process quantity data for one or more processes of the entity, the process quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete processes of the entity and a number of non-obsolete processes of the entity;
people quantity data for one or more people of the entity, the people quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete people of the entity and a number of non-obsolete people of the entity;
accessing expenditure data for the one or more technology components, the one or more processes, and the one or more people of the entity, the expenditure data comprising one or more of capital expense data and operational expense data for the first time period;
generating, according to the IT quantity data and the expenditure data, a technology index for the entity that quantifies a technology state for the entity.
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Abstract
In certain embodiments, a method for determining a technology state of an entity comprises accessing information technology (IT) quantity data for an entity for a first time period. The IT quantity data comprises: (1) technology quantity data for technology components of the entity, indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete and a number of non-obsolete technology components; (2) process quantity data for processes of the entity, indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete and a number of non-obsolete processes; and (3) people quantity data for people of the entity, indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete and a number of non-obsolete people. Expenditure data for the technology components, processes, and people is accessed and comprises one or more of capital expense data and operational expense data for the first time period. A technology index for the entity is generated, according to the IT quantity data and the expenditure data, and quantifies a technology state for the entity.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for determining a technology state of an entity, comprising:
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accessing information technology (IT) quantity data for an entity for a first time period, the IT quantity data comprising; technology quantity data for one or more technology components of the entity, the technology quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete technology components of the entity and a number of non-obsolete technology components of the entity; process quantity data for one or more processes of the entity, the process quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete processes of the entity and a number of non-obsolete processes of the entity; people quantity data for one or more people of the entity, the people quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete people of the entity and a number of non-obsolete people of the entity; accessing expenditure data for the one or more technology components, the one or more processes, and the one or more people of the entity, the expenditure data comprising one or more of capital expense data and operational expense data for the first time period; generating, according to the IT quantity data and the expenditure data, a technology index for the entity that quantifies a technology state for the entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for determining a technology state of an entity, comprising:
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a memory module operable to store; information technology (IT) quantity data for an entity for a first time period, the IT quantity data comprising; technology quantity data for one or more technology components of the entity, the technology quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete technology components of the entity and a number of non-obsolete technology components of the entity; process quantity data for one or more processes of the entity, the process quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete processes of the entity and a number of non-obsolete processes of the entity; and people quantity data for one or more people of the entity, the people quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete people of the entity and a number of non-obsolete people of the entity; and expenditure data for the one or more technology components, the one or more processes, and the one or more people of the entity, the expenditure data comprising one or more of capital expense data and operational expense data for the first time period; one or more processing units operable to generate, according to the IT quantity data and the expenditure data, a technology index for the entity that quantifies a technology state for the entity. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Software for determining a technology state of an entity, the software being embodied in a computer-readable medium and when executed operable to:
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access information technology (IT) quantity data for an entity for a first time period, the IT quantity data comprising; technology quantity data for one or more technology components of the entity, the technology quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete technology components of the entity and a number of non-obsolete technology components of the entity; process quantity data for one or more processes of the entity, the process quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete processes of the entity and a number of non-obsolete processes of the entity; people quantity data for one or more people of the entity, the people quantity data indicating for the first time period a number of obsolete people of the entity and a number of non-obsolete people of the entity; access expenditure data for the one or more technology components, the one or more processes, and the one or more people of the entity, the expenditure data comprising one or more of capital expense data and operational expense data for the first time period; generate, according to the IT quantity data and the expenditure data, a technology index for the entity that quantifies a technology state for the entity. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for determining a technology state of an entity, the entity having a number of non-obsolete and obsolete hardware components, software installations, processes, and people, the method comprising:
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determining a hardware obsoleteness value for a first time period by dividing the number of non-obsolete hardware components by a total number of hardware components; determining a software obsoleteness value for the first time period by dividing a number of non-obsolete software installations by a total number of software installations; determining a process obsoleteness value for the first time period by dividing a number of non-obsolete processes by a total number of processes of the entity; determining a people obsoleteness value for the first time period by dividing a number of non-obsolete people by a total number of people of the entity; determining hardware expenditures for the first time period by summing capital expenditures and operational expenditures for the first time period for the hardware components of the entity; determining software expenditures for the first time period by summing capital expenditures and operational expenditures for the first time period for the software components of the entity; determining process expenditures for the first time period by equating the process expenditures to operational expenditures for the processes of the entity; determining people expenditures for the first time period by equating the people expenditures to operational expenditures for the people of the entity; determining total expenditures for the entity for the first time period by summing the hardware expenditures, software expenditures, process expenditures, and people expenditures for the first time period; determining a hardware expenditure value for the first time period by dividing the hardware expenditures by the total expenditures for the entity; determining a software expenditure value for the first time period by dividing the software expenditures by the total expenditures for the entity; determining a process expenditure value for the first time period by dividing the processes expenditures by the total expenditures for the entity; determining a people expenditure value for the first time period by dividing the people expenditures by the total expenditures for the entity; multiplying the hardware obsoleteness value by the hardware expenditure value to generate a hardware value; multiplying the software obsoleteness value by the software expenditure value to generate a software value; multiplying the process obsoleteness value by the process expenditure value to generate a processes value; multiplying the people obsoleteness value by the people expenditure value to generate a people value; and summing the hardware value, the software value, the processes value, and the people value to generate a technology index. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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