HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise is a cloud service that delivers a fully managed private cloud experience for bare metal, containers, and virtual machines in your private environment. It offers a public cloud-like operating model with pay-per-use pricing, self-service provisioning, and consumption analytics.
One of the financial key performance indicators (KPIs) that you can show via GreenLake Central, the online portal for managing and optimizing your HPE GreenLake services, is metered charges.
Metered charges are the actual costs incurred by your usage of the HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise service, based on the resources you consume and the service level agreement you choose. Metered charges are calculated and billed monthly, and you can view them in real time via GreenLake Central.
Metered charges are an important financial KPI for a CFO, as they reflect the value and efficiency of the HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud Enterprise service. By showing metered charges via GreenLake Central, you can demonstrate how the service aligns the costs with the outcomes, reduces the upfront capital expenditure, and optimizes the cash flow of the business. You can also compare the metered charges with the budgeted charges, which are the estimated costs based on the initial capacity and service level agreement, to show the variance and savings achieved by the service.