BMC Helix Continuous Optimization vs. Sunbird DCIM

Based on what we have experienced, BMC Helix Optimize is a good choice for businesses that already have other BMC tools, such as BMC Helix Operations Management or BMC Helix Cloud Cost, due to the integrated capabilities that can be leveraged. Besides, it is a great tool for visual analysis of costs associated with operations.

Incentivized

There are a few things that need work from flexibility within the asset process documentation. The interfacing with CMDB will be easier if the asset documentation had more flexibility in the standard fields. The product will support our need for a central depository of all assets, connections, and usage within our data centers, which at this time is managed by a spreadsheet with limited access. The ability to review and set goals of environmental and capacity has not been easy, with dcTrack this has become much easier than dealing with Excel tabs.

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• Graphical Representations.
• Building of Data Views.
• Planning of operational budgets based on performance.

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• Inventory tracking.
• Capacity planning.
• Integration with PowerIQ - manages power, cooling and humidity status.
• Provide power and network/SAN connect paths.
• Statistics on the infrastructure within a given data center.

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• No mobile app is available.
• Only available in English.
• Not many data integrations available.

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• Connectivity simplified.
• Flexibility in port and connection definition.
• Asset documentation of owners, project and responsible teams.

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In general, BMC Helix Optimize has a set of tools that are quite advanced compared to other technologies in the same field. Especially the visual representations and the flexibility when building rules to control the spend are some of the most useful functionalities that work quite well, usually better than in the rest of the tools.

Incentivized

• Good ROI after optimizing redundant processes.
• Identification of issues when being able to represent data visually.
• Reduced costs due to limiting number of needed resources.

Incentivized

• Hard to say at this time what I will gain or the company will gain for the user but to understand all assets in a Data Center in a single location is a great tool for support and maintenance cost analysis.
• To be able to see or understand the power needs of a given location provides the need of understanding cost impact under the different location cost models.

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