Apptio IT Benchmarking provides self-service peer comparisons of your IT spend over time, enabling an ongoing process for tracking performance, validating decisions, and identifying areas for improvement.
Validate spending levels
Get a view of actuals vs. self-selected benchmarks to know where you stand relative to peers.
Track progress
Identify areas of risk, set targets, and monitor improvement efforts.
Identify improvement areas
Use relevant, credible benchmark data as objective reference points.
Understand how you compare to self-selected peers
- Choose and adjust the peer group that fits your organization.
- Select by industry, revenue, and geography and discover the effects of scale.
- Compare against companies of similar spend characteristics.
Justify current IT spend and defend budgets
- Access the full benchmark data set and understand how each metric is calculated.
- Know where you stand versus the best and worst in class with box plot distributions for each data point.
- Conduct alternate scenario analysis with flexibility to adjust peer benchmarks and estimate actuals.
Explore and uncover insights to inform better decisions
- Compare actual IT costs to benchmarks side-by-side on demand.
- Explore variance drivers with instant access to underlying actuals.
- Set targets and track progress with trending comparisons.
Build confidence with trusted benchmark data
- Peer costs are based on a standard taxonomy.
- Data sourced from trusted partners and the Apptio Community.
- Benchmark data is refreshed annually.
Before we can decide where to take out costs or make an investment, it's vital that we justify the decision based on accurate cost, consumption, and performance benchmarks. Sharing IT benchmarks with our business partners establishes trust that we're going to help them make the best investment decision.
Additional Resources
04/13/2018
Industry Benchmarks Provide Context for IT Spend
Derek Puckett
