Compuware accelerates APM initiative

BANGALORE, INDIA: Compuware Corporation announced that it would accelerate its application portfolio management (APM) initiatives, offering a pre-configured version of its IT portfolio management solution, Changepoint.

In a research titled: 'Planning for IT Modernization: Start From the Top With APM', Jim Duggan, research vice president, Gartner, Inc. said: “APM processes fill gaps in a company’s knowledge about the costs, risks and business value of deployed applications. Filling those gaps improves consistency of IT modernization analysis and flags opportunities to reduce total cost and risk. Without disciplined APM processes, enterprises will be dependent on poorly documented guesswork, and often will be unable to overcome institutional inertia.”

Lori Ellsworth, Vice President of Changepoint Solutions, said: “Ultimately, IT must deliver business value and drive competitive differentiation for the business. However, the costs of ‘keeping the lights on’ are increasing at the expense of investment in strategic technology initiatives. Changepoint’s Application Portfolio Management capabilities and Accelerator give IT a sustainable view into application portfolio health, enabling informed decisions that reduce the number of applications, drive costs down and better align resource investment and better serve the business.”

"APM holds great potential in reducing costs and improving margins of application portfolios. However, challenges in identifying inventory, collecting the right metrics and applying resulting analysis toward decision making can hinder APM intitatives," Ellsworth added.