IT Cost Transparency
Tie every dollar of technology spend to a service and an owner.
IT Financial Management (ITFM) / TBM
Usage-based chargeback resolution.
FogLifter® allocates IT cost back to business units based on actual measured usage — so the bill the business sees is one it can't reasonably argue with.
Expected outcomes
What good looks like for teams adopting this solution.
Disputes drop Business units stop arguing the bill
Behavior change Showback that drives consumption decisions
Faster invoicing From dispute resolution to evidence resolution
Usage-based Allocations grounded in validated consumption, not static percentages
From problem to solution
Each FogLifter solution follows a decision-oriented path.
The problem
Most chargeback models break down because the denominators are debatable. How many assets did this BU consume? What capacity did they reserve? Without verified answers, every allocation invites a dispute.
- BU leaders fight the bill because they don't accept the inputs.
- IT defends the bill but can't prove the underlying counts.
- Showback initiatives stall because the denominators are contested.
How FogLifter addresses it
FogLifter validates the consumption data first — what assets, what usage, what ownership — then allocates cost based on what the business actually consumed.
- Cost allocation tied to validated usage by business unit.
- Drill-down from BU summary to the underlying record.
- Shared evidence base accepted by IT, finance, and BU leaders.
Related solutions
This solution works alongside other capabilities in the ITFM / TBM set.
Learn more about IT Cost Transparency
IT Financial Visibility
Reconciled IT financial data that finance and IT both trust.
Cost of Service
Full cost attribution to every IT service.
Proof points
Evidence, not opinion.
Documented
Telecom by property
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Methodology
Usage-based
Real consumption replaces estimates and averages.
Outcome
Faster approval
Disputes shift from "is this right?" to "let's look at the evidence."