Whitepaper
Posted November 6, 2020
"Most IT Financial Management programs will require a system or tool to help automate the data aggregation, analytics ...
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Posted October 22, 2020
Background With 92 cost centers allocating dollars with no correlation, visibility into IT spend was nonexistent for ...
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Case Study
Posted October 22, 2020
Background With 92 cost centers allocating dollars with no correlation, visibility into IT spend was nonexistent for ...
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Webinar
Posted September 25, 2020
Date/Time: Now Available On-Demand Panelists: Chris Aber, Nicus; Anja Allen, Ernst & Young LLP; Ginger Allen, ...
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Case Study
Posted September 17, 2020
Background Governor Doug Ducey has a clear vision for Arizona. He wants it to be the number one place to live, work, ...
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Posted September 17, 2020
Background Governor Doug Ducey has a clear vision for Arizona. He wants it to be the number one place to live, work, ...
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Webinar
Posted September 11, 2020
Date/Time: Now Available On-Demand Speaker: Martha Heller, CEO, Heller Search Associates With technology the ...
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Webinar
Posted August 11, 2020
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 15th 3:30PM ET Speaker: Anja Allen, Principal, Ernst & Young LLP As IT ...
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Webinar
Posted July 28, 2020
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 25th 3PM ET Speaker: Nan Braun, CEO, Thavron Solutions Without understanding the real ...
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Webinar
Posted July 28, 2020
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 11th 3PM ET Speaker: Bryan Morland, Partner, Proven FM TBM is a powerful framework, ...
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Post
Posted July 22, 2020
This blog is the third in a series of posts regarding ITFM & TBM Program Maturity. Get the full guide. Maturity ...
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Posted July 20, 2020
According to a 2018 Gartner Survey, 85% of respondents’ IT organizations have either adopted, or plan to adopt, a ...
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Post
Posted July 20, 2020
This post is an excerpt from a whitepaper, authored by Nicus Chief Product Officer Amit Kumar, titled "IT Financials in ...
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Post
Posted July 15, 2020
This blog is a continuation of our previous post regarding ITFM & TBM Program Maturity and the People ...
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Post
Posted July 7, 2020
With the right forethought and execution, launching an IT Financial Management (ITFM) or Technology Business Management ...
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Webinar
Posted June 30, 2020
How do you grow an ITFM or TBM program to full maturity? This interactive webinar explains the entire process and ...
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eBook
Posted June 29, 2020
With the right forethought and execution, launching an IT Financial Management (ITFM) or Technology Business Management ...
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Case Study
Posted June 9, 2020
In 2015, the City of Seattle Mayor saw a future driven by technology and an opportunity for the city. At the time, ...
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Case Study
Posted June 9, 2020
Sparked by an ongoing quest for reliable data to guide profit and growth planning, and a never-ending backlog of ...
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Post
Posted May 29, 2020
As organizations navigate the post-pandemic landscape, it’s becoming clear that having a successful remote work ...
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Post
Posted May 21, 2020
Storage costs are one of the most under-optimized areas of spend in many IT budgets today. That means there’s a great ...
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Event
June 17-18, 2020
Elevating ITFM & TBM to Face the Challenges of 2020 and Beyond Could the "new normal" push IT's contribution ...
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Post
Posted April 30, 2020
As organizations seek to become as lean as possible to survive the economic turbulence caused by COVID-19, technology ...
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Post
Posted April 14, 2020
Nobody knows if today’s current economic pullback will be a short-lived anomaly or a long-term struggle, although the ...
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eBook
Posted March 31, 2020
Differences, wrong expectations, critical prerequisites, the truth about ITFM/TBM - it's all ...
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Post
Posted March 31, 2020
Many organizations assume ITFM and TBM to be completely different disciplines, but that couldn’t be further from the ...
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Post
Posted March 26, 2020
After bringing the longest bull market in U.S. history to a jarring end, the growing COVID-19 crisis is continuing to ...
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Case Study
Posted March 25, 2020
Executive Summary Frustrated by an increasingly complex and labor-intensive spreadsheet-based planning system, LifeWay ...
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Posted March 25, 2020
Executive Summary Frustrated by an increasingly complex and labor-intensive spreadsheet-based planning system, LifeWay ...
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Post
Posted February 27, 2020
In a recent Gartner survey, cost optimization was cited as the fourth most important objective of ITFM/TBM (out of 12 ...
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Post
Posted February 20, 2020
Implementing ITFM/TBM software is a considerable investment, which is why organizations aim for a rapid deployment to ...
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Post
Posted February 13, 2020
Overall interest in ITFM/TBM has grown steadily over the past several years. But in 2020, there are several trends that ...
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Post
Posted February 6, 2020
When faced with mandatory budget reductions, IT leaders start scouring CapEx spend in search of “nice to have” ...
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Post
Posted January 23, 2020
According to the 2018-19 Gartner CMO Spend Survey, Marketing departments are the top consumer of IT in most ...
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Post
Posted January 2, 2020
Despite today’s increasing interest and investment in digital transformation, the long-term trajectory of most ...
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Datasheet
Posted December 15, 2019
Establish accurate, fully-burdened cost structures for everything IT ...
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Datasheet
Posted December 15, 2019
Get a centralized, detailed subledger for all technology costs and cultivate new efficiency through ...
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Datasheet
Posted December 15, 2019
Allocate and recover costs fairly using a granular, transparent ...
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Datasheet
Posted December 15, 2019
Establish a firm connection between technology spend and the outcomes it enables -- supporting strategic alignment ...
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Post
Posted December 10, 2019
Building and maintaining credibility is a top priority for newly appointed CIOs, because the credibility established in ...
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Post
Posted December 2, 2019
The first, and arguably the most important, step in launching an ITFM program is to gain internal buy-in across both ...
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Post
Posted November 19, 2019
In a 1-hour “fireside chat,” GuideWell’s IT BMO, Ginger Allen, shared several valuable insights from her ...
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Post
Posted November 12, 2019
We sat down with Nick Kaliszewski, Director of IT Finance at Erie Insurance, to discuss the key inflection points of ...
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Post
Posted November 7, 2019
As CIO, are you and IT in a strong, offensive position? Or are you often defending or playing catch up? At Gartner ...
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Post
Posted October 22, 2019
In recent weeks, we've covered two crucial topics around the process of building a new showback or chargeback model: ...
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eBook
Posted October 1, 2019
Enable more intelligent conversation around technology spend- and the value it provides - with an effective ...
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Post
Posted September 26, 2019
Cloud computing continues to make big promises of reduced costs, increased flexibility, and greater scalability (to ...
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Post
Posted September 19, 2019
There are three core phases necessary to launch a new showback or chargeback and deliver it as a bill of IT. First, ...
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Post
Posted August 29, 2019
We’re excited to announce a highly anticipated launch the Nicus team has been working passionately towards…a ...
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Post
Posted August 26, 2019
Let’s face it. As IT Finance practitioners, we love Excel. It’s flexible, familiar, predictable...it’s what we ...
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Post
Posted August 15, 2019
As we prepare for all the buzz at the upcoming Gartner Summit in Dallas, Texas, we can’t help but get excited ...
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Post
Posted August 7, 2019
As organizations increasingly rely on technology to drive growth and transformation, it’s critical that IT and ...
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Post
Posted August 1, 2019
It has taken me over a week to unpack my experience from the latest ITFMA conference in San Antonio. I’m grateful ...
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Post
Posted July 24, 2019
In many organizations, there’s a problematic disconnect between IT Finance and the rest of the business, especially ...
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Post
Posted July 17, 2019
One of the most intimidating aspects of building a cost model is choosing your design and allocation methodology. ...
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Presentation
Posted July 13, 2019
Informed decision-making is the core objective of IT Financial Management, and the key to delivering value. But it’s ...
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Presentation
Posted July 13, 2019
Everyone wants cost transparency. But once you have it, what's the next step? That crucial question is where ...
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Presentation
Posted July 13, 2019
Mature IT Finance operations have a huge appetite for data. But feeding that appetite isn't always easy. Accuracy and ...
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Presentation
Posted July 13, 2019
Putting a showback or chargeback system in place may feel intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. This presentation ...
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Post
Posted July 10, 2019
You already know that cost modeling gives you transparency behind service costs. But what can you use that transparency ...
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Post
Posted July 3, 2019
The first step in every new cost modeling project is to create a catalog of clearly defined IT services. Your service ...
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Post
Posted June 26, 2019
In our recent monthly webinar, a dynamic panel discussion unfolded as experienced Nicus customers shared ...
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Post
Posted June 18, 2019
If you’ve made the decision or have been tasked with building a cost model, it’s likely your organization and its ...
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Post
Posted June 12, 2019
As IT Finance practitioners and practice leads, we can all agree that cost modeling (aka service costing) is the key to ...
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Post
Posted June 5, 2019
From a high-level perspective, the value of cost modeling is relatively simple: it brings full transparency to service ...
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Post
Posted May 29, 2019
Creating an accurate cost model to manage, measure, and bill IT services is a crucial step in organizational maturity. ...
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Post
Posted May 23, 2019
A common challenge we hear amongst IT Finance practitioners and practice leads is the inability to get out of the ...
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eBook
Posted May 21, 2019
Optimize costs, deliver insight, and “run IT as a business” by implementing a cost model in your ...
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Post
Posted April 29, 2019
New Orleans never disappoints and neither did last week’s ITFMA event! The Financial World of Information ...
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eBook
Posted February 11, 2019
The most trusted tool in any finance professional’s toolkit is Excel. IT Finance practitioners have been managing IT ...
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Video
Posted February 11, 2019
Manage IT budget, multi-year forecasts, and actuals with versioning, variance reporting, and more in real-time with ...
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Video
Posted February 11, 2019
Build your Service Catalog, create a Cost Model, calculate service costs, and provide data and insights to influence ...
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Post
Posted February 11, 2019
Excel holds a special place in the hearts of IT finance professionals – it’s comfortable, familiar, and has a ...
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Video
Posted February 11, 2019
Enable your team to clearly articulate consumption and empower spending choices with the automation, influence, and ...
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Video
Posted February 11, 2019
Evaluate the business value derived from applications and the costs incurred to deliver them, and drive accountability ...
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Video
Posted February 11, 2019
Monitor cloud spend and consumption, compare product service rates, leverage cost-effective solutions, and automate ...
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Video
Posted February 11, 2019
Centralize project costs, react promptly when changes happen, and confidently forecast project costs and track back to ...
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Post
Posted February 7, 2019
The 2019 Financial World of Information Technology Conference presented by the ITFMA is just around the ...
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Post
Posted January 30, 2019
We are very excited to introduce Nicus 5.12, a meaningful update to the Nicus platform and suite of ITFM products. As ...
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eBook
Posted January 8, 2019
IT organizations at high-performing companies are backed by world-class IT budgeting and forecasting processes. The ...
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Video
Posted December 20, 2018
Have your IT Finance needs matured beyond spreadsheets? Maybe it's ...
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Video
Posted December 20, 2018
Rob Mischianti, Nicus Chief Evangelist, shares the challenges organizations face when they've outgrown Excel and need a ...
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Post
Posted December 4, 2018
Like many other State and Local Government entities, the City of Seattle’s Central IT division was managing the IT ...
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Post
Posted November 27, 2018
Today’s high performing companies know data is king. However, all too often with big data comes big headaches. ...
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Post
Posted November 14, 2018
In last week’s Nicus News and published press release, Nicus announced John Clark as the newly appointed Chief ...
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Post
Posted November 7, 2018
IT organizations at high performing companies are backed by world-class IT budgeting and forecasting processes. The ...
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Post
Posted October 9, 2018
In 2015, American Family Insurance (AmFam) launched a strategic initiative partnering Corporate Finance and ...
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Post
Posted October 2, 2018
Guest Post by Lauren Fulton We live in a world where anyone can become data literate and access analytical tools ...
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Post
Posted September 26, 2018
Here we are three weeks after the Gartner IT Sourcing, Procurement, Vendor & Asset Management Summit 2018, and ...
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Post
Posted September 18, 2018
From steering committees and goal alignment to avoiding common pitfalls and “precision traps”, there are many ...
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Post
Posted September 11, 2018
An ITFM implementation can have its challenges, for example: accepting your data is “good enough” to get started ...
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Video
Posted September 7, 2018
Nicus provides IT Financial and Business Management solutions that help customers achieve IT cost transparency and make ...
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Post
Posted September 4, 2018
Purchasing and implementing an ITFM tool, along with building a sustainable ITFM program, can feel like an ...
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Post
Posted August 28, 2018
Proving value of your ITFM program may not be at the top of your list of to-dos when planning and implementing a ...
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eBook
Posted August 25, 2018
IT Financial Management (ITFM) has become one of the most important initiatives for any organization. When IT ...
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Post
Posted August 21, 2018
Successful ITFM implementation requires resources, communication, organization, and strategic and tactical ...
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Post
Posted August 14, 2018
IT Financial Management (ITFM) has become one of the most important initiatives for any organization. When IT can ...
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Case Study
Posted August 11, 2018
In response to a set of increasingly burdensome operational inefficiencies, a state IT agency responsible for $60+ ...
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Post
Posted June 27, 2018
About a month ago, I attended a phenomenal IT Financial Management (ITFM) Week in Chicago. The weather was perfect, ...
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Presentation
Posted June 12, 2018
As you begin to build your cost modeling processes, you will inevitably come across many forms of overhead ...
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Presentation
Posted June 12, 2018
There are several different IT Financial Management solutions on the market, and each offers its own area of ...
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Presentation
Posted June 12, 2018
One of the first steps in implementing a cost model and a showback or chargeback process is defining the ...
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Case Study
Posted May 12, 2018
In an effort to alleviate ongoing struggles from its legacy, spreadsheet-based planning system, a Fortune 500 insurance ...
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Post
Posted February 19, 2018
Over the past few years, we've heard more and more IT professionals mention "Technology Business Management" (TBM), ...
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Post
Posted August 29, 2017
Nicus is a Premier sponsor at the upcoming 2017 Gartner IT Finance, Procurement, and Asset Management Conference ...
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Post
Posted June 26, 2017
The success rate of your ITFM program increases with broad user adoption. This can be a challenge for many reasons ...
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Post
Posted May 30, 2017
Basic ITFM: ITFM provides allocated views of IT spend Each view is generated by separate data & processes ...
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Post
Posted February 28, 2017
At one time or another, most of us in IT or IT Finance have heard things like “IT is a big black hole” or “I ...
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Post
Posted September 7, 2016
Several of our clients have used ITFM solutions from other vendors before making the switch to Nicus M-PWR. When one ...
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