This white paper from Visual Storage Intelligence provides a comprehensive guide to implementing and managing IT storage chargeback and showback policies. As IT spending and storage demands surge, businesses must adopt practices to monitor and control costs. The paper outlines the pros and cons of chargeback (where departments pay for usage) versus showback (where usage is only reported), and discusses how each drives accountability. Key challenges include data accuracy, reporting consistency, and internal alignment. The guide offers best practices for setup, stakeholder communication, and ensuring reporting clarity to support informed budget decisions and prevent runaway IT costs.

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