BMC Service Resource Planning Gives Leaders 100% Visibility into Their I.T. Spend
December 09 2008 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
BMC Software (NYSE:BMC) today announced BMC Service Resource
Planning (SRP), a new suite of solutions that help IT professionals
cut costs, more efficiently utilize IT resources, and better align
IT spending with business goals. Born from BMC�s acquisition of ITM
Software in June 2008, SRP is now a central part of BMC�s
comprehensive Business Service Management (BSM) platform, providing
a complete suite of applications necessary to manage the business
of IT, including Financial Resource Management, Project and
Portfolio Management, Governance and Compliance Management, Human
Capital Management, and Vendor Resource Management. By providing
transparency and visibility across 100 percent of IT spend, BMC SRP
can help IT executives assign the right people to the highest value
work, ensure their IT processes meet compliance requirements, and
provide insight to how vendor spending is contributing to business
objectives. The result is improved staff utilization by up to 30
percent, cost reductions in compliance activities by up to 30
percent, and decreased vendor spend by as much as 15 percent.
Dennis Gaughan, vice president, AMR Research stated: �An IT
resource planning solution can help you gather and analyze
information in order to gain the visibility into IT that you need
for today's increasingly global business environment. You'll have
the data to show IT's value to the business. Ultimately, you�ll
have the information you need to make better decisions in managing
the business of IT.�* BMC delivers SRP through the BMC IT Business
Management suite, and today announced the general availability of
version 3.8, with new features designed to help IT leaders make
informed decisions about where to cut costs and where to make
investments to produce the greatest business impact. This
significant new solution release delivers enhanced reporting
capabilities that integrate SRP with BMC Dashboards for BSM, giving
IT leaders quick and actionable access to information about IT
demand and supply across assets, people, projects, and vendors.
This helps IT executives quickly identify what resources are being
used most efficiently. It also extends BMC Project and Portfolio
Management with �what if� scenario analysis and ensures a
consistent user experience with BMC�s other BSM solutions. This
provides BMC customers with an integrated, easy-to-use resource for
ensuring that the comprehensive IT operation contributes to
business objectives. About BSM from BMC Software BSM from BMC
Software is a comprehensive approach and unified platform for
running IT. As organizations look for ways to manage costs in
today�s challenging economic environment, BSM and SRP provide IT
leaders with a clear understanding of where IT is spending its
budget and how their organizations are contributing to business
value. Business runs on IT. IT runs on BMC Software. Business
thrives when IT runs smarter, faster, and stronger. That�s why the
most demanding IT organizations in the world rely on BMC Software
across both distributed and mainframe environments. Recognized as
the leader in Business Service Management, BMC offers a
comprehensive approach and unified platform that helps IT
organizations cut cost, reduce risk, and drive business profit. For
the four fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2008, BMC revenue was
approximately $1.83 billion. Visit www.bmc.com for more
information. *�Gaining Increased Visibility into IT,� Viewpoint,
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