GlassHouse Unveils Storage Capacity Reporting Service

GlassHouse Technologies announced the launch of its Storage Capacity Reporting Service, powered by Aptare StorageConsole, which provides IT leaders real-time intelligence on their storage capacity and thresholds. Understanding where storage assets are being utilized, balancing current and future growth demands, and allocating appropriate business resources to support storage initiatives have proved to be ongoing challenges for today’s IT manager. The GlassHouse service alleviates these pain points and helps IT managers obtain greater control over storage management and resource allocation, which is extremely important in an economic climate that requires businesses to operate as efficiently as possible.

The Storage Capacity Reporting Service is a Software-as-a-Service model that monitors storage capacity information using complete Web-based, end-to-end reporting from hosts to storage arrays. The service also proactively identifies future storage needs based on usage levels and growth metrics and suggests alternate storage practices to help alleviate wasteful practices.

“With the current economic landscape, it has never been so important for organizations to streamline operations and ensure they are running efficiently,” said Michael Tobin, vice president at GlassHouse. “But if you can’t measure it, how can you manage it? Our 24×7 portal and detailed reports uncover available storage in your environment, allowing you to reclaim and utilize existing assets and delay additional purchases.”

The Storage Capacity Reporting Service is a complement to GlassHouse’s Backup Reporting and Metrics service offering. Both have no agents to install, require no additional hardware or software investments, and are implemented into a customer’s environment in a matter of hours, not days or weeks. The result is instant visibility so customers can immediately identify opportunities for efficiency and savings.

GlassHouse’s Storage Capacity Reporting Service
provides IT departments with:

• Reports detailing storage capacity and use, including information about usage by individuals, under- and over-utilized storage areas, and the measured business value of each tier of storage
• Predictive analysis about future storage growth and usage trends, forecasting incremental CapEx expenses
• Consumption reports to establish appropriate charge-backs
• A dedicated delivery service account manager to lead the turn-on process and provide the customer with ongoing customer support and best practices