Case Study: The Standard achieves better cloud cost control and IT spend alignment with Apptio

The Standard cuts cloud spend by 10% with Apptio

The Standard, a provider of financial products and services, faced challenges with limited IT cost transparency, which hindered efficient budgeting and alignment between business and technology spending. Relying on manual spreadsheets and legacy data, they struggled to articulate cost drivers and shift funds to strategic initiatives. To address this, they partnered with Apptio.

Apptio implemented its solutions, including ApptioOne, Cloudability, and Targetprocess. This provided a standardized cost model and improved visibility into cloud spend and resource management. Results included enabling the IT finance team to spend 80% of their time on analysis and insights, projecting a 10% reduction in cloud spend for 2023, and achieving a 20% improvement in their project delivery say:do ratio. Apptio provided the foundation for greater financial agility and strategic alignment.

The Standard