Subject: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Cost Transparency – June 2015
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Cost Transparency
The Technology Business Management (TBM) Council recently announced the assembly of an advisory commission to achieve cost transparency for federal agencies.
Comprised of public- and private-sector CIOs, the Commission on IT Cost Opportunity, Strategy, and Transparency (IT COST Commission) will define a set of recommendations and best practices for federal departments and agencies to transparently measure and communicate their IT costs.
Evaluating TBM principles that are being adopted in the private sector will better position the Federal government to understand costs to manage them.
TBM Conference 2015: Act Now for the Early Bird Rate
Now is the best time to register for this year’s TBM conference in Chicago. Register before 5:00 p.m. (ET) on June 26 to lock in our early bird rate – it’s $1000 in savings!
This year’s event will feature speakers and sessions that span the entire IT organization focusing on topics such as communicating IT’s value to the business, optimizing IT costs and investments, planning efficiently and accurately, and transforming the IT operating model.This three-day conference will feature distinguished IT thought leaders sharing their stories, including these confirmed keynote speakers (and more to come):
- Anil Cheriyan, CIO at SunTrust Banks
- Jim DuBois, CIO at Microsoft Corporation
- Mark Raman, Head of Global Human Health IT at Merck & Co.
- Mike Brown, CIO at ExxonMobil
Find answers to your registration questions and keep up with the latest information about this year’s hottest event for IT leaders at tbmconference.org.
Apptio Leads the Pack in Cloud IT Cost Management
Apptio has added CenturyLink Cloud and SoftLayer to our growing portfolio of cloud provider billing integrations. Building upon earlier integrations of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure billing data, Apptio is now the leading automated provider of public, private, and hybrid cloud IT cost management.
With these new partner integrations, IT leaders can now directly source their cloud billing data from providers such as AWS, Azure, CenturyLink, and SoftLayer. Automating this process provides Apptio customers with the ability to view their IT costs within the context of their entire investment portfolio, empowering IT leaders to make data-driven decisions about cloud investments.
The TBM Council Board Welcomes New Leaders
The TBM Council recently announced the addition of Todd Tucker as General Manager and four new board members: Michael Brown, VP of global information services at ExxonMobil; Jim DuBois, CIO of Microsoft; Michael Neff, CIO of RWE; and Brian Adams, CIO of WorleyParsons.
These new TBM Council board members will be joining their peers from organizations like Goldman Sachs, Cisco Systems, Apptio, DIRECTV, Time Warner, and many more as they collectively advance business management practices for technology leaders.
Congratulations to the new members and welcome aboard!
Be Part of the Newest Digital Industry Network
The TBM Council has announced the launch of TBM Connect, a community of communities for leading IT, finance, and business executives who want to collaborate on standards for measuring, improving, and communicating the value of IT.
Within TBM Connect, there are two communities: one for Apptio customers (Apptio community) and another for TBM Council members (TBM Council community). Apptio community delivers product support and insightful discussions between customers. The TBM Council community hosts workgroups, and serves up resources such as videos and white papers.
Apptio customers are encouraged to make professional connections in both communities. Joining is free – we look forward to connecting with you.
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The Apptio blog is full of fresh insights on technology business management, all from experts in-the-know:
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