Providing structures, methods and tools to simplify IT and cloud expense to maximize efficiency and control cloud costs
Gain cost transparency, eliminate waste, optimize cloud
Eliminating waste and optimizing expense enables reinvestment. This is what IBM means by “Save to Transform”. Let IBM Consulting® help you self-fund your modernization journey through proper fiduciary governance of your cloud expense, grounded in the principles of the FinOps and TBM frameworks.
IBM Consulting delivers FinOps services in alignment with the FinOps.org framework and TBM Council. We adhere to FinOps principles including collaboration, business value decision making, cloud expense ownership, data accessibility, centralized governance and distributed accountability of cloud consumption. We inform, optimize and operate with a FinOps and TBM culture that drives positive business outcomes.
We assist our clients in the IBM Consulting way:
- By finding reinvestment opportunities with those saved funds.
- By using our deep industry knowledge and expertise.
- By using a combined approach, aligned to both the FinOps Foundation and TBM Council.
Capabilities
Provides clients an assessment of their FinOps or TBM maturity and capabilities, identifying high-level cost optimization opportunities, developing a forward-looking strategy and providing training where required.
Provides clients a detailed understanding of cloud capacity costs and optimization opportunities, including expert advice on architecture modernization to increase cloud value and reduce costs.
Deliver a managed FinOps or TBM service for a client needing a robust and scalable operational model for managing, measuring and optimizing cloud expense against key performance indicators (KPIs).
Provides clients a real-time, consolidated view of cloud cost data, enabling greater cost visibility, better control and increased cloud capacity savings.
Case studies
IBM acquisitions Apptio® and Nordcloud have over 100 published case studies each.
Nordcloud Klarity’s developers worked closely with VW’s teams to tailor-make a solution that helps maximize cloud value, aligning VW’s cloud cost practices with their upcoming projects, needs and goals.
BNY Mellon invested in implementing TBM principles and tools to move away from spreadsheets to a sustainable, centralized, credible and scalable process.
FedEx Senior VP of IT Nik Puri shares his thoughts on digital transformation and its impact on customer service, business alignment and the benefits of Technology Business Management (TBM).
Achieving the impossible with Deep Tech—how technology leaders should challenge the status quo to stay competitive.
To align IT capabilities to Unilever’s strategy for growth and efficiency, IT has moved from a centralized investment model to a customer-centric approach underpinned by technology platforms and TBM financial data.
Meet our expert
James is a Partner and Global Leader in the IBM Cloud® Advisory practice, with many years of hands-on experience helping clients achieve business outcome driven digital, cloud and technology portfolio transformations.
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