Digital Fuel Modeling and Templates

We are dedicated to ensuring fast time-to-value and low ongoing cost of ownership for all our customers. Both IT Cost Management and Service Level Management include predefined models and templates to deliver best practices that dramatically increase productivity. The metadata provided by the modeling environment feeds into the platform to configure every component, creating an easy path to get started with built-in functionality or customize for special requirements

“What-if” Scenario Builder

One of the most powerful capabilities in the Digital Fuel platform is the ability to easily put together alternate scenarios to understand the impact on cost or service levels. If we virtualize the servers how much money will we save? What will be the impact of consolidating data centers? Will increasing service levels impact our ability to meet our service goals?

Visual Modeling

Our platform has been built with user productivity at its core. The visual modeling environment enables customers to quickly build and customize cost models, service level business logic, and more using a rapid visual interface that enables users to quickly move and connect components of the model.

Pre-defined Models

Our predefined cost model, SLA templates and key efficiency metrics templates deliver powerful capabilities for working with cost and service level data including:

Direct cost allocation to IT departments, IT capabilities/services, and business units
Indirect cost allocation to IT services and business units by %, $, usage volume, or other methods (i.e. headcount)
Ability to allocate unabsorbed indirect costs to business units
Breakdown by account type, by fixed vs. variable, by CAPEX vs. OPEX
Hierarchical organization of IT departments, IT services, and business units
Ability to calculate unit costs
Calculate business SLA’s by IT departments, IT capabilities/ services, and business units
Understand root cause of potential SLA breaches
Calculate business impact of potential SLA breaches
Calculate an endless variety of KPI’s, OLA’s, and efficiency metrics

Pre-built Templates

Pre-built templates are the ideal way to increase productivity while applying industry best practices. The industry-standard templates built into the Digital Fuel platform include: