Spend Optimization

Ever wonder why your workloads never seem to land in the right place—no matter how much you invest, modernize, or migrate? In this episode of WWT Research's four-part IT Value Creation series, we bring together WWT experts Devang Soni and Jeff Weeks to unpack the real reasons workload placement remains one of the most misunderstood disciplines in modern IT. From cost pressure to risk posture to AI-driven demand, they lay out how enterprises can finally make workload decisions that are intentional, economical and scalable across hybrid and multicloud environments.

Most organizations adopt cloud before they establish governance—then spend years battling runaway costs, siloed decisions, and commitments they can't unwind. In this episode of WWT Research's four-part IT Value Creation series, Josh Bushman and Jenny Halidik unpack the structural gaps that undermine cloud ROI and explain why FinOps tools alone cannot solve the problem. This episode explores the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) as the foundation for sustainable cloud governance, showing how cross-functional decision-making, shared accountability and continuous optimization transform cloud from a cost risk into a strategic advantage. If your cloud spending is unpredictable, commitments feel misaligned or optimization never sticks, this conversation offers a clear roadmap for building governance that works at enterprise scale.

Most enterprises believe procurement is optimized—until they uncover the invisible costs eroding every "discount." In this episode of WWT Research's four-part IT Value Creation series, Robb Boyd talks with WWT VP of business development Matt Long, who unpacks why misaligned teams, lifecycle blind spots and fragmented spend data are costing companies millions and how strategic technology partnerships transform procurement from a cost center into a true value engine.

Your biggest IT expense might be the one you never see. In this episode of WWT Research's four-part IT Value Creation series, Robb Boyd talks with Andrew Tookey and Sean McDonald about the silent budget drain hiding in unmanaged software licenses. You'll uncover how "tail spend" quietly grows into millions of dollars in waste, why visibility is the foundation of IT value creation and how strategic partnerships turn license chaos into measurable savings.