The bi-directional interface between Planview Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and the BMC Remedy Change Management solution provides organizations with integrated investment analysis across all IT projects. The integration gives organizations an efficient, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-compatible approach to ensure that change requests are captured and aligned with the overall strategy, optimized based on resource availability and financially tracked to understand total cost of ownership.

“BMC and Planview have a strong relationship, and our products have been easily integrated to offer joint customers real, strategic value in a very short time,” said Fred Johannessen Vice President, Technology Alliances & MarketZone at BMC. “Our integrated approach allows customers to realize new efficiencies, and better allocate resources to support strategy.”

For organizations that follow the ITIL guidelines, a framework of best practices that is the most widely-accepted approach to IT service management, the joint Planview and BMC solution offers organizations an efficient approach to managing change requests that map to overall business strategy. Planview and BMC have been collaborating since they announced their strategic partnership back in June 2007 to offer joint, integrated solutions.

“Although around 60%, or sometimes even 80%, of the IT budget is spent on just operating the IT infrastructure, IT organizations do not really understand where and how these costs are being incurred,” said Peter O'Neill, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. “Ultimately, IT organizations must be enabled to do their cost accounting at a business service level so that true chargeback systems can be established.”

About Planview

Since 1989, Planview has been a market leader and trusted partner in providing comprehensive portfolio management solutions. Planview Enterprise®, the company's leading performance management platform, combines project and portfolio management software with adaptive best practices, Planview PRISMS®, to provide unprecedented visibility into total IT spending. By integrating the business process management of strategies, services, and projects within a single, Web-based solution, Planview empowers organizations to achieve greater levels of control over their ever-changing environment by dynamically managing money, resources, and capacities. Industry leaders such as Citigroup, BP, EDF and the US Department of Transportation, partner with Planview to achieve their strategic business goals. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with offices across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific, Planview supports more than 500 customers in virtually every industry. Planview is privately held and has been profitable for over a decade. For more information visit www.Planview.com