BMC AMI Cost Management Reviews

The HPE Consumption Analytics Portal, which is the metering and analysis component of HPE GreenLake's consumption-based IT offering by HPE Pointnext Services, is now available. It gives you the flexibility and economics of the private cloud in your own datacenter. Interactive dashboards and drag-and-drop reports give you granular insight into your usage and costs. Flexible budgets and a rules-based recommendation engine to consume-based services will help you stay on top of IT spending. Forecast demand to avoid a shortage becoming an outage. With decision-making power, you can plan your capacity. The HPE Consumption Analytics Portal, part of HPE GreenLake provides even more transparency into your usage and commitments that determine your monthly cost. You will have more power to make informed decisions and plan your workload for maximum performance.

IBM Apptio unifies operational and financial data into a single model based on an industry-standard taxonomy for cost categorization. We combine sophisticated allocation rules with specific metrics and KPIs to enable organizations to answer strategic questions about investments, accelerate budgeting, and accelerate forecasting. Organizations can explain investments and variance to plan faster to constituents and executive management to uncover opportunities to optimize cost structures and reduce risk to accelerate growth. To allow for faster budgeting and analysis, a structured view of IT expenditures for actuals and plans should be implemented. This will allow for a more efficient and organized approach to IT expenses. Reduce overall IT spending by eliminating waste and duplications, as well as aligning investments with strategic priorities. Reduce forecasting time, increase frequency, and redirect resources towards higher-value activities.