Make data-driven decisions you can trust with category-leading TBM SaaS solutions for ITFM, FinOps, and strategic portfolio management
Technology Business Management solutions
Every company is a software company and technology is a differentiator in every industry. Increasingly complex technology footprints make it hard to measure total costs, but organizations need to get value out of every dollar spent. The portfolio of Technology Business Management solutions from Apptio, an IBM Company, connect tech spend to business value so organizations can make better, data-driven decisions.
Benefits
Products
Take control of your IT investments: smarter spend, greater impact. IBM Apptio empowers organizations to succeed with IT Financial Management, providing clear solutions and insights to manage IT costs and demonstrate business value and impact—no matter their starting point.
FinOps for all. Maximize the business value returned from your cloud investments by bringing visibility and financial accountability to the variable, consumption-based spend model of public cloud.
Empower your DevOps team to track cloud and Kubernetes spend, optimize infrastructure costs, and align with policy guidelines for efficient, compliant delivery that never hampers innovation.
Connect strategy and execution by aligning portfolios, maximizing investments, and empowering organizations to deliver measurable business outcomes with adaptability and efficiency.
Use cases
Based on a standard taxonomy that can be used by technology, finance and business leaders, TBM is a discipline that gives organizations a consistent way to translate technology investments to busines value by defining the tools, process, data, and people needed to manage the business of technology.
The shift to the dynamic spending model of cloud procurement demands new governance processes to avoid unnecessary waste and poor ROI. Leaders need a way to manage consolidated billing files, hold teams accountable for their cloud spend, and optimize at scale.
Making the right technology investments defines your future success. But how do you ensure you are making investments – and cuts – in the right places? IT Financial Management (ITFM) solutions enable smart decision-making so you can deliver immediate and long-term value.
Enable alignment and transparency across the business and enable your organization to effectively pivot no matter the economic challenge or competing priorities. Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) allows leaders to translate strategic objectives into successful execution.
Resources
With growing pressure to control IT spend and maximize value, the ITFM tools market is steadily expanding. Download Gartner’s 2025 Market Guide for IT Financial Management Tools to explore key features, top vendors, and expert recommendations.
Learn how to evaluate the state of your capabilities, prioritize investments, and develop an implementation plan to increase the ROI of your FinOps program.
Explore how SPM connects strategy to execution in this eBook designed to help organizations align portfolios, programs, and processes while maintaining agility and driving measurable results.
From AKS monitoring to chargeback to DevOps tools, these guides provide best practices to meet you wherever you are in your Kubernetes adoption journey.