17 Ways to Reduce IT Cost with Apptio

In these tough financial times it is important to evaluate all the cost cutting initiatives possible. But many CIOs won’t sign off on a new project these days, unless there is clearly quantified savings and the financial impact is well understood. Apptio is helping customers identify new cost savings opportunities, precisely quantify the savings and the project impact and establish a way to track costs over time for continual Cost Optimization.
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Apptio: Automating IT Cost Transparency

The Apptio on demand offering is a powerful new automated IT Cost Transparency solution with low startup costs, quick time to value and enterprise class levels of security and reliability. It provides increased visibility into the costs, utilization and operations of all IT Services, improves scenario planning capabilities and supports better IT decision making and enables more effective communication of the value of IT to the business.
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Establishing an IT Cost Transparency Foundation for Your IT Performance Management Strategy

When developing an IT Performance Management strategy organizations must take into consideration the strategic question “How is IT helping the business achieve its goals?” With business alignment in place, organizations should take the first step towards implementing an IT performance management strategy by establishing an IT Cost Transparency initiative that encompasses cost/price, quality and productivity metrics. IT and finance organizations can benefit greatly from moving away from a traditional, manual spreadsheet approach towards a solution that automates IT Cost Transparency.
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IT Cost Transparency: Optimizing ITIL V3 Service and Financial Management

ITIL V3 introduced the concept of Financial Management to emphasize the importance of the cost-to-value relationships of a service. As IT has become a sizeable and increasingly strategic spend for companies worldwide, understanding the IT service cost-to-value relationship has become critical. By establishing an IT Cost Transparency initiative, IT can improve the accuracy of service pricing and chargeback, establish greater visibility into the total cost of ownership of IT services, make better IT decisions and lay the foundation for more effectively communicating the value of IT to the business.
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Tier1 Research: Apptio counts the cost - a Tool for the Internet infrastructure CFO

Tier1 Research is a leading analyst and research firm for IT and Telecom sectors and in particular, the hosted services space. Read T1R's brief on the Apptio solution and how it can help hosting and collocation service providers more effectively manage the financial aspects of their business.
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