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Apptio partners with KPMG Singapore to manage technology spend
managing costs is a key part of that role ,” said Juvanus Tjandra , Partner at KPMG in Singapore . “ Yet enterprises often lack oversight into the minutiae of IT spend , how it correlates to the services delivered , or how to derive value from IT services . Our partnership with Apptio has helped businesses make informed decisions and better optimize their technology investments .”
Craig Wishart , CIO , KPMG Australia , said : “ The TBM framework with Apptio ’ s solutions combine to help CIOs build trust within their teams , organization and customers .
Apptio , a leading provider of technology business management ( TBM ) solutions that help organizations analyze , optimize and plan technology spend , has entered into a strategic partnership with KPMG Singapore to help enterprises manage technology spend . The partnership will benefit enterprises that want to digitize complex and manual processes to achieve enhanced efficiency and greater transparency into their IT costs across all business units .
“ The role of the CIO has evolved to that of a strategic partner to the business and
“ Credibility is strengthened through service cost and investment transparency . More than ever , technology and business leaders have to traverse technology , operations and finance with confidence and thus with Apptio . IT leaders can build a clear path with well understood T & Cs – that is , trust and credibility .”
Zscaler addresses entitlement gap for cloud workloads with Trustdome acquisition
Zscaler , a leader in cloud security , has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Trustdome , a leading innovator in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management ( CIEM ).
Trustdome ’ s development team and CIEM technology will be combined with Zscaler ’ s existing Cloud Security Posture Management ( CSPM ) platform , as part of Zscaler Cloud
Protection ( ZCP ), providing a comprehensive solution for reducing public cloud attack surfaces and improving security posture .
“ We are extending our vision for Zscaler Cloud Protection to help customers securely embrace public cloud platforms and services in today ’ s cloud-first world ,” said Jay Chaudhry , CEO , Chairman and Founder , Zscaler .
Jay Chaudhry , CEO , Chairman and Founder , Zscaler
“ The addition of Trustdome ’ s team and innovations in CIEM will strengthen our cloud protection portfolio by enforcing least privilege principles across multicloud environments while giving DevOps the freedom to innovate . I am very excited to welcome the Trustdome team to the Zscaler family .”
Ofer Hendler , CEO of Trustdome , said : “ We look forward to joining the Zscaler family and accelerating our innovation engine to solve the cloud protection challenges facing the enterprise .”
The transaction is expected to close prior to the completion of Zscaler ’ s fiscal third quarter subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions . Terms of the transaction were not disclosed .
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