Here’s what we’ll discuss:

This is your exclusive invitation to join industry peers over a lunch roundtable discussion to share, debate and discuss how to achieve enterprise agility and create an organisational structure that orients people toward the delivery of value to the business and the customer. Join us to learn how to be more efficient and strategic with your cloud financial management that not only meets today’s demands but also anticipates the challenges of tomorrow.

In our roundtable discussion, our conversation will include:

1. What challenges have you faced when aligning cloud spend with business outcomes, and how have FinOps frameworks helped address these challenges?
2. How to understand cloud cost and associate spend with operational metrics and business objectives.
3. Creating transparency by translating cloud spend, consumption, and capacity into meaningful perspectives.

Key Topics:

1. Strategic Importance of Cloud Cost Management
   • Overview of the current landscape and trends affecting ICT expenditure.
2. Challenges in Unlocking Strategic Business Value
   • Identifying barriers to realizing potential business value through cost optimization.
   • Strategies to overcome these challenges within complex digital transformations.
3. Operational Effectiveness vs. Cost Efficiency
   • Balancing cost reductions with the need to maintain or enhance operational efficiency.
   • Real-life examples of achieving this balance effectively.
4. Enhancing Visibility into IT Spending
   • Techniques and tools that help enhance the transparency of IT costs.
   • Benefits of increased visibility in making informed strategic decisions.
5. Realizing Cost Optimization at Scale
   • Discussing scalable solutions that align with business growth and operational demands.
   • IBM’s approach and how it supports dynamic business needs.