Seven Fortune 500 CIOs to Present Case Studies and Share Best Practices on Cloud and Virtualization Transformation Initiatives
Seattle, Wash. – October 24, 2011 – Apptio, the leading provider of on-demand Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions, will convene its 10th CIO TBM Council event on Thursday, November 3rd at 8:00 AM PST. The 10thCouncil will feature applied case study presentations from seven prominent IT leaders that represent some of the world’s most innovative IT organizations, including Cisco, Microsoft, Hilton and First American. The three-hour virtual event will be broadcast live from nine Cisco TelePresence locations on two continents in which 200 CIOs and IT leaders will participate in an interactive discussion around implementing TBM to achieve greater financial transparency into their IT spend. Qualified CIOs are invited to register to participate in the next Council meeting.
The objective of the CIO TBM Advisory Council is to foster a dialogue between some of today’s most progressive IT leaders so that they may learn and share best practices with one another about the transformative role that Technology Business Management is having on their IT organization. Presentations at the 10th Council will include case studies on a variety of themes relating to virtualization, cloud computing, and self-service IT, including:
- From Data Center to Cloud: Cisco’s IT Elastic Infrastructures (CITEIS)
Sean Worthington, VP IT, | Cisco - Balancing Supply and Demand to Deliver Profitable Cloud Services
Deepak Patil, General Manager – Windows Azure Engineering | Microsoft - Driving Services Innovation by Managing a Complex Supply Chain
Robert Webb, CIO | Hilton Worldwide - Driving Toward a Catalogue of Best Practices and “A-Ha Moments”
Larry Godec, CIO | First American
“Our 10th Council promises to be our most vibrant meeting to date and we are honored to bring these transformational leaders together to drive this conversation forward,” said Sunny Gupta, founder and CEO of Apptio. “As Technology Business Management becomes more pervasive across the enterprise, CIOs will need to learn how to operationalize this practice so that it becomes the platform by which they can make smarter decisions around their IT spend. We look forward to another productive Council meeting and helping our CIO customers achieve continued success with their TBM initiatives.”
About Apptio
Apptio is the leading independent provider of on-demand Technology Business Management (TBM) solutions for managing the business of IT. Apptio enables IT leaders to manage the cost, quality and value of IT Services by providing deep visibility into the total cost of IT services, communicating the value of IT to the business through an interactive Bill of IT™, and strategically aligning the planning, budgeting and forecasting processes. Apptio’s TBM solutions play a critical role in helping companies understand and drive chargeback, virtualization, cloud and other key technology initiatives. Global enterprise customers such as Bank of America, Boeing, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, St. Luke’s Health System, and Swiss Re rely on Apptio® products and services to reduce costs and align IT with business priorities. For more information, visit the Apptio website or the Apptio blog.
Contact:
Karli Overmier
Barokas PR for Apptio
apptio@barokas.com
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