For many years, visionary IT leaders have been adopting the principles of Technology Business Management (TBM) in order to manage IT like a business. Apptio has facilitated this transformation by offering a purpose-built suite of TBM applications. At first, there were no recognized best practices, but several years ago, Apptio partnered with leading CIOs to launch the TBM Council. This partnership gave rise to a documented, consistent approach to TBM processes. Now it’s time for the next step standardizing IT costing through the Apptio TBM Unified Model™ (ATUM™). The concept of a unified model emerged in response to pain points raised by Apptio customers, members of the TBM Council, partners, and analysts. These groups realized that it was difficult to gain alignment between IT, Finance, and Business Unit leaders because there was no consistent approach to classifying and modeling IT costs.
