IT Chargeback -- Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT

To resolve this disconnect, Blue Line has built a unique application for IT chargeback using the robust and reliable software stack of IBM. This combination eliminates the risk of dealing with a small software company and managing unfamiliar infrastructure – and yet still provides the best of breed functionality that this business problem requires.

Dashboard-driven, this 100% IBM Cognos based solution allows IT to quickly and easily set up all their IT projects and programs and provide detailed costing information – including estimating new applications, upgrades, etc.  Business users can then dive into their IT costs and see all expenses at the most detailed level.

4 Big Savings:

Effort: By giving direct access to the business users, IT does’t have to put people in the middle to dig up costs, explain allocations, and basically act like finance analysts instead of as IT managers.

Synergy: By having all your projects and costs across your entire “IT business” you can see common issues, consolidate expenses, and otherwise link together projects to save money.

Expectations: As businesses look at new projects or adding/ upgrading applications, they rarely understand the true costs. This solution quickly produces accurate proposals on what their entire  IT costs will be – from acquiring the hardware, to managing the project, to long term operating costs.

Application Migrations: Many applications get long in the tooth and cost much more than they should – but the business users won’t part with them and don’t understand that IT can cut their costs dramatically by moving them into the cloud or migrating them to a larger platform.

This webinar will completely demonstrate this solution -- from recursive allocations, through the ABC functionality, and finally the dashboards and reports.