Trustworthy data is vital for IT Finance and Procurement to be able to manage and control costs. In order for IT Asset Managers to identify opportunities for rationalization and improved planning, an IT Asset baseline is critical – but one more granular than is generally available. Many organizations rely on out-of-date CMDBs and spreadsheets to provide a baseline. Worse yet, they employ spreadsheet kung- fu to combine multiple discovery sets of data. These "business as usual" baseline … [Read more...]

IT Cost Optimization solutions can enable Finance and IT to fund strategic innovation and competitive advantage. In several case studies on IT optimization by a leading analyst group, enterprises implementing IT Cost Optimization solutions could save millions.* Although not all costs are accessible, and IT cost optimization projects should not attempt to boil the ocean, there are enough "low-hanging fruit" opportunities to yield material success. IT Cost Optimization consists of several … [Read more...]

Organizations using virtual machines (VMs) may find per leading industry analysts that they're facing unexpected license costs.[1] These VM license costs can be significant—settlement invoices are ranging from five to eight figures, quickly erasing the anticipated business value provided by VMs. Obtaining value from VMs requires close attention by Software Asset Managers, IT Finance, and IT Procurement teams in five areas—audits, outsourcing, test and POC use, "VM sprawl," and "shadow … [Read more...]