AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwired - Apr 8, 2014) - ComSci, a leading provider of cloud-based IT financial business management solutions and part of the Upland Software family of enterprise work management applications, today announced details of its participation in the IT Financial Management Association's (ITFMA) upcoming conference, the 2014 Financial World of Information Technology. The event will take place from Monday, April 14 through Friday, April 18, 2014 at the Waterfront Marriott Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia.
Through its conferences, ITFMA aims to establish and improve IT financial management best practices, promote professional development and encourage fellowship and communication across the IT financial management profession. With an extensive schedule of informative sessions, the 2014 Financial World of Information Technology conference will address key topics in IT asset management, financial planning, IT chargeback, IT performance management and benchmarking, and much more.
As an industry leader in the IT financial management space, and a developer of technology solutions that enhance the way businesses manage and communicate the cost, quality and value of the IT services they deliver, ComSci will have a prominent role in the conference. In addition to the company's sponsorship of the event, Brian Stedman, Upland Software's Director of Product Management for the ComSci product line, will lead three sessions, including:
How to Calculate the True Cost of IT Services Workshop
Tuesday, April 15 at 1:00 p.m.
During this hands-on workshop session, attendees will explore the foundation for managing technology and shared service costs and learn the strategies that help today's IT finance and business management executives to have the opportunity to be successful. The workshop will provide practical advice to define the cost drivers of the IT business, align cost recovery with consumption, understand the benefits and results of unit costing and deploy the best practices. Moreover, Stedman will share practical case studies and real-world success stories and address a range of issues, including the impact of business demand on IT decisions, understanding key metrics and how data affects the financial transparency equation.
How to Gain a Holistic View of IT Products and Services and Run IT More Like a Business
Wednesday, April 16 at 11:00 a.m.
Today's IT professionals must be able to show the business value and optimization opportunities for the solutions they deliver to the organization. In this interactive session, Stedman will share advice for tracking spend, managing IT costs and increasing technology value to internal clients. Attendees will also learn how to choose and validate the "right" data as well as run a repeatable and reliable process to integrate the data into an actionable set of information. Additionally, Stedman will review his suggestions for best practices for establishing financial transparency, communication and the cost of creating a Bill of IT throughout the enterprise.
ComSci Software Demonstration
Thursday, April 17 at 4:00 p.m.
During this session, Stedman will provide attendees with a first-hand view of how ComSci's Software as a Service (SaaS) and Business Process as a Service (BPaaS) solutions can potentially lead to greater efficiencies in their IT financial management practices. In addition, he will share his suggestions for best practices for optimizing IT resources. Through the lens and testimony of a ComSci customer, attendees will be guided through each of the following BPaaS solution components: IT Financial Management, Service Costing and Benchmarking, Bill of IT and Analytics, Reporting and What If Analysis.
In addition to the above sessions, ComSci will sponsor a buffet lunch on Thursday, April 17 that will give conference attendees the opportunity to network with each other and the ComSci team, as well as learn more about the company's award-winning solutions.
"In today's still uncertain economic environment, IT professionals are under greater pressure to show the value that their technology investments bring to the organization and how those tools help to advance business goals," said Stedman. "Through its conferences, ITFMA provides a venue for IT financial management leaders, practitioners and other stakeholders to learn and share the latest ideas and strategies and return to their organizations with the best practices for IT financial management success. I look forward to sharing how ComSci's advanced solutions can give organizations the tools they need to achieve cost optimization and financial transparency."
Additional information about the 2014 Financial World of Information Technology, including registration details, can be accessed at: http://www.itfma.com/events/event_details.asp?id=387512#.
About ComSci
ComSci delivers award-winning IT financial business management capabilities that help organizations to implement more effective IT governance. ComSci helps IT organizations optimize technology costs by enhancing fact-based transparency and visibility, which in turn enables IT and business management to understand demand, utilization and value of its corporate technology resources. ComSci's growing client roster includes ADP, The McGraw-Hill Companies, The Bank of New York Mellon, Whirlpool, NYU Medical Center, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, NYSEuronext, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, AECOM, TIAA-CREF and UBS Investment Bank. ComSci is part of the Upland Software family of cloud-based enterprise work management applications. Visit www.comsci.com for further information.
About Upland Software
Upland is a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise work management software. Our family of applications helps transform how work gets done by enabling better alignment of resources with business objectives, real-time visibility, and increased governance and collaboration, resulting in improved productivity and business agility. From strategic planning to work execution, Upland helps more than 1,200 enterprise clients with 300,000 active users in over 50 countries drive results for critical business functions including information technology, marketing, finance, professional services, and process excellence. For more information, visit www.uplandsoftware.com