This week, Gartner laid out their top 10 tech trends for 2015. Gartner analyst David Cearley highlighted the Internet of Things, 3D printing, and smart machines, at their annual Symposium/ITXpo. ComputerWorld does a neat round-up of the trends here.
What caught our attention was Gartner’s tech trend of “Advanced, Pervasive and Invisible Analytics.” Every application is an analytical app today, according to Gartner.
Indeed, it’s imperative for the modern CIO to drive a metrics-driven IT organization, by analyzing complex cost data to make strategic investment decisions. Believing in the power of analytics early, Apptio developed the Cost Transparency application to arm today’s IT leader with rich IT cost analysis, even with poor or incomplete data. We equip CIOs to make better resource decisions faster through actionable, current, and trusted information about IT costs.