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ITFM Value Gap Report

ITFM Value Gap Report

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Five findings reveal the ITFM Value Gap Organizations may be overestimating ITFM maturity 69% rate their current ITFM maturity at 8 or […]

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Using AI for IT Budget Forecasting and Scenario Modeling

Using AI for IT Budget Forecasting and Scenario Modeling

An IT budget forecast can have a surprisingly short shelf life. The annual IT budget may have been approved only a few months ago, […]

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Using AI as an Insight Layer for Cost Transparency

Using AI as an Insight Layer for Cost Transparency

An executive begins a meeting with the question: Why did cloud storage costs jump this quarter? The answer exists somewhere. It may sit across […]

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Know Your Audience: Providing Insights to Stakeholders that Create Value

Everyone wants cost transparency. But once you have it, what’s the next step? That crucial question is where organizations struggle most. Cost transparency by […]

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A Roadmap to Building Value Through IT Finance

Informed decision-making is the core objective of IT Financial Management, and the key to delivering value. But it’s easier said than done. IT leadership […]

5 Tangible Cost Model Use Cases & Business Outcomes

You already know that cost modeling gives you transparency behind service costs. But what can you use that transparency to accomplish? Well, the answer […]

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5 Ways CIOs and IT Leaders Reap Value from Cost Modeling

From a high-level perspective, the value of cost modeling is relatively simple: it brings full transparency to service costs so they can be measured, […]

Key #3 to ITFM Implementation Success: Proof of Value

Proving value of your ITFM program may not be at the top of your list of to-dos when planning and implementing a new ITFM […]

Key #2 to ITFM Implementation Success: Strategic and Tactical Alignment

Successful ITFM implementation requires resources, communication, organization, and strategic and tactical alignment. In the last blog, we discussed the importance of creating a cross-functional […]

Fortune 500 Insurance Firm Reclaims 2,000 Hours while Elevating IT’s Strategic Position in the Business

In an effort to alleviate ongoing struggles from its legacy, spreadsheet-based planning system, a Fortune 500 insurance firm consulted multiple vendors in search of […]

Enabling Actionable Transparency Through Allocated Views of IT Spend

Basic ITFM: ITFM provides allocated views of IT spend Each view is generated by separate data & processes Each view provides value to key […]

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The Great Pendulum Swing of IT Cost Transparency

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 […]