To reduce and rationalize IT footprints while delivering greater value as strategic business leaders, CIOs need to leave their old planning ways behind and rethink their view of the technology landscape. Through reading this paper, CIOs and IT leaders will better understand the need to align technology priorities and architectural roadmaps based on a forward-looking, cloud-based platform; how to move from task overload to delivering measurable business value; how harnessing the power of Connected Planning can help businesses meet (and exceed) their enterprise-wide planning initiatives with ease; and the Anaplan platform’s architecture, security framework, and integration capabilities.