Live session on October 26, 2026
10:00 a.m. EDT1 hour
Understand why managing only the IT budget limits CIO impact and how enterprise cost management expands influence across technology-driven business costs
Learn how CIOs and CFOs can create cost transparency and shared accountability across decentralized cloud, SaaS and AI spending
Explore approaches for building investment discipline, outcome metrics and value-based governance across the enterprise
Discover how modernization can fund future growth by reducing structural costs and increasing reinvestment capacity
Technology now shapes nearly every aspect of enterprise cost, from cloud and SaaS investments to AI-enabled initiatives across the business. As technology spending becomes increasingly decentralized, leading CIOs are recognizing that optimizing the IT budget alone misses a larger opportunity to influence enterprise-wide costs, improve investment decisions and drive business value.
This webinar explores how leading CIOs are shifting from traditional IT cost control to enterprise cost management. Learn how CIOs can partner with CFOs to create transparency across decentralized cloud, SaaS and AI spending, establish shared accountability for investment decisions, and translate technology productivity into measurable business outcomes. Gain practical guidance for building cost-and-value discipline, eliminating visibility gaps, and balancing near-term cost pressures with long-term modernization, positioning technology as a lever for enterprise value and growth, not just efficiency.
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