VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ automates cloud costing, consumption analysis and comparison, delivering the insight to efficiently deploy and manage cloud environments. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ delivers the IT infrastructure to most efficiently deploy and manage cloud environments. The cost, consumption, comparison, and planning capabilities in VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ provide an easy on ramp for organizations getting started with cloud computing. Essential for effectively managing hybrid cloud environments, the management features in vRealize Business for Cloud™ accelerate time to value. VMware™ is empowering infrastructure and operations teams with automated cloud business management capabilities for the efficient costing, consumption, comparison, and planning of any cloud environment—private cloud, public cloud, or hybrid cloud. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ provides an easy on ramp to get started with cloud management and accelerates time to value. The solution includes service cost and usage metrics for private virtual and cloud infrastructure through out of the box integration with other VMware™ products.

IT organizations deploying VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ can automatically price services for inclusion in service catalogs and compare the cost of private cloud services with public cloud alternatives. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ tracks private and public cloud costs in a single dashboard, providing a simple—to—interpret view of cost drivers and spending efficiency. IT organizations can automatically and continuously track the cost of on—premises VMware vSphere™ virtual infrastructure, as well as easily assess how much the business is spending across multiple public cloud providers and accounts, including VMware vCloud Air™, Amazon Web Services™, and Microsoft Azure™. To help organizations get started, VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ provides a reference library of virtual infrastructure expenses. With VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™, IT organizations can quickly see which business groups, applications, or services are consuming the most and least enterprise infrastructure. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™also enables IT teams to securely share cloud services allocation statements, or show back reports, with specific LOBs through role—based access to online reports.

VMware vRealize Business For Cloud

Cloud cost management in one place tracks your private cloud costs and your public cloud from a single pane of glass. Cloud consumption analysis tracks cloud consumption by quickly identifying which business groups, applications or services are consuming cloud. Cloud cost comparison and planning identifies improvement opportunities to help optimize resource management and sourcing decisions. Rapid time to value. Automate data collection from VMware vSphere™ and public clouds and reference a database of virtual infrastructure expenses. IT organizations can automatically and continuously track the cost of on premises VMware vSphere™ virtual infrastructure, as well as easily assess how much the business is spending across multiple public cloud providers and accounts. VMware vRealize Business For Cloud Advanced™—automatic private cloud metering, costing, and pricing. Private cloud consumption analysis. Private cloud and public cloud cost comparison. Out of the box cloud business analysis report (Comprehensive cloud costing and business assessment). Automatic reporting, custom reporting and API for data extraction.

Licensing

VMware vRealize Business for Cloud Standard™ is included in VMware vRealize Suite Standard™, which is licensed per Portable Licensing Unit (PLU)*. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud Advanced™ is available as a standalone product and is licensed per CPU and per 25 OSI pack. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud Advanced™ is also included in VMware vRealize Suite Advanced™ and vRealize Suite Enterprise™. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ is available in two editions as well as standalone. Portable License Unit (PLU) gives customers flexibility to utilize VMware vRealize Suite™ to manage workloads regardless of whether they are on VMware vSphere™ on premises, third—party hypervisors, physical servers, or supported public clouds. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud™ is available in two editions. VMware vRealize Business for Cloud Advanced™ is available as part of vRealize Suite and as a standalone product. VMware vRealize Business For Cloud Standard™—automatic private cloud metering, costing, and pricing. Private cloud consumption analysis. Private cloud and public cloud cost comparison. Out of the box cloud business analysis report.

FEATURES And Benefits

Cloud comparison and planning—automating cost comparisons on current and planned workloads helps IT organizations quickly evaluate cloud options and improve decision—making. IT teams can compare public clouds to private clouds and make smarter cloud purchasing decisions. The solution also automatically estimates the impact and cost of adding new workloads to the remaining capacity, improving resource management. Cloud consumption analysis and showback—IT organizations can quickly see which business groups, applications, or services are consuming the most and least enterprise infrastructure. IT teams can also securely share cloud services allocation statements, or showback reports, with specific LOBs through role—based access to online reports. With monthly charge projections and budget tracking, the solution provides greater transparency across the business. Cloud costing—track private and public cloud costs in a single dashboard, providing a simple—to—interpret view of cost drivers and spending efficiency. Public cloud costing, consumption analysis, and pricing. Quantifying private cloud reclamation opportunities.