BMC Helix Continuous Optimization is a capacity management solution that helps organizations optimize IT resource utilization and plan for future demands by collecting, analyzing, and providing recommendations for capacity data and core metrics.  

It is a SaaS based capacity management solution that gives you insights to optimize the use of your current IT resources and plan for future demands. HCO collects and analyzes the capacity data and core metrics for CPU, memory, and storage. The capacity management solution, subsequently, provides recommendations for optimizing the collected data. You can model future resource needs and predict what IT resources you will need. The IT infrastructure includes physical, virtual, containers, private cloud, and public clouds. 

Key Features and Capabilities: 

Data Collection and Analysis: The solution collects and analyzes capacity data and core metrics for CPU, memory, and storage.  

Predictive Insights: It uses predictive analytics to forecast how business conditions will impact service operations, allowing for proactive resource allocation.  

Optimization Recommendations: It provides recommendations for optimizing resource utilization and addressing potential capacity issues.  

Business Services View: Provides a consolidated view of business services, their health, and status, enabling users to drill down into specific services and their associated components.  

Dashboards and Reporting: Offers interactive and customizable dashboards to visualize and analyze data, keeping stakeholders informed about capacity.  

Capacity Planning: Simulate future events to analyze business and IT capacity needs.  

Resource Allocation: Ensure proper resource allocation for future situations.  

Cost Optimization: Understand the cost of current utilization and identify areas for cost reduction.