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, […]
Tag: IT Finance
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 […]
How IT Leaders Transformed Budget Season from Chaos to Clarity
Budget season is meant to be a focused period of alignment—where strategy meets financial discipline. But for many IT organizations, it becomes something else […]
Spreadsheet Confessions: 7 True Stories That Should Make You Rethink Your Next Budget Cycle
From billion-dollar swings to bungled city budgets, these real-world Excel errors reveal just how risky the wrong process can be. Budget season déjà vu? […]
6 Reasons Why ITFM Projects Fail
An IT finance team once completed a prioritization exercise during the kickoff of an ITFM implementation. They identified 60 key capabilities they wanted the […]
Beyond Cost: How CIOs Can Lead the Shift to Value Management in IT
From Family Budget to Boardroom Strategy What does a teenager’s request for an iPhone have to do with IT strategy? More than you might […]
Why ITFM is the Key to CFO-CIO Alignment
Research from Gartner shows that strong CFO-CIO partnerships are 51% more likely to easily secure funding for digital initiatives and 18% more likely to […]
How Much Is Excel Costing You?
In nearly every company that does IT financial management (ITFM), the starting point is Excel. In a way, it makes sense. Excel is a […]
ITFM Glossary
If you’re an IT expert needing to learn about finance—or vice versa—this ITFM glossary of terms used in IT financial management can help you […]