Integration [676] - Asset Manager Provides Cloud Billing Management to Cloud Service Automation (AM <- CSA)

This integration is intended to utilize the capabilities of Micro Focus Asset Manager (AM) to serve as a consolidated place to manage the cloud service contracts and provisioned IT resources. This integration provides IT management-level users the visibility to manage and control the cost of delivering services with the resource information in Micro Focus Cloud Service Automation (CSA). Most important, with the exposure to usage and billing information through CSA, AM plays the IT COST engine role, giving the capabilities of Showback/Chargeback reporting and customizable billing statements provided by AM.

From the IT billing perspective, Chargeback data is used to support internal or external billing functions. Elements of the data may include infrastructure, application licensing, and network costs. Showback information allows an IT department to provide a similar level of analysis--without the actually cross-charging costs.