BOSTON -- April 18, 2018 -- CloudHealth Technologies today announced that the robust Reserved Instance (RI) management capabilities of its cloud management platform now extend to Microsoft Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances. As a result, Azure customers can use the platform to reduce costs, save time and improve budgeting and forecasting over the full RI lifecycle.

“As companies increasingly rely on CloudHealth for RI lifecycle management, we are excited to extend our RI capabilities to Microsoft Azure customers,” said John Purcell, VP of Products for CloudHealth Technologies. “Further, the new Azure reservation support allows CloudHealth customers to quickly identify reservation purchase opportunities and take full advantage of the cost savings from Microsoft.”

The CloudHealth platform offers several key features for managing Azure RIs:

• Virtual machine purchase recommendations: Users can apply one or more filters -- including subscription, machine series, and region -- to target a specific subset of their infrastructure for an RI quote.
• Pricing metrics: A “payback period” helps calculate the exact number of months it takes to see a price benefit, assuming 100% usage. This metric mitigates risk by identifying how long you must actually use a reservation in order to break even.
• Validate savings: CloudHealth enables customers to recognize savings from purchasing RIs, compared to running virtual machines on-demand.
• Amortization: The platform provides a report on how the one-time upfront cost is distributed over the useful life of the RI.
• Utilization: CloudHealth delivers insights into the usage of RIs over time, in order to identify RIs that are underutilized.

Venkat Gattamneni, Director of Product Marketing, Microsoft Corp. said, “Reserving VMs in advance alongside Azure Hybrid Benefits saves customers up to 82 percent on compute costs. With RIs, our enterprise customers see great benefit in being able to budget and forecast better, as well as getting prioritized compute capacity. We are thrilled that CloudHealth enables them to take advantage of this value by further simplifying RI management.”

To learn more about how CloudHealth optimizes Azure environments, visit our website.

Related Resource: eBook: A Beginner’s Guide to Reserved Virtual Machine Instances

About CloudHealth Technologies
CloudHealth is the trusted cloud management software platform used to accelerate business transformation in the cloud. CloudHealth solutions and services help organizations drive efficiency through a cohesive cloud strategy based on integrated reporting, active policy management and strategic recommendations. The platform’s insightful analytics empower operational and technical teams to have more meaningful cloud conversations that simplify the way business gets done. CloudHealth helps customers such as Amtrak, Cox Automotive, News Corp, Zendesk, Suncorp and Sumo Logic harness the full power of their cloud environments. With offices around the globe, the company is backed by Kleiner Perkins, Meritech, Sapphire Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, .406 Ventures and Sigma Prime Ventures.