Software Pricing and Licensing Webcast and 2009 Survey


Amy Konary from IDC shares findings from the Flexera Software sponsored 2009 Survey.

  • Webcast
    Learn about the key issues and trends on the minds of software vendors, high-tech manufacturers, and enterprise IT executives and managers.
  • Survey
    Get real-world data on the latest pricing and licensing trends and best practices in the software industry.

Webinar: 7 Ways to Control of SAP Spending

Join Flexera Software’s license management experts and AMR Research’s SAP analyst Derek Prior for the free webinar: 7 Ways to Control of SAP Spending. The webinar will discuss new techniques companies are using to leverage usage data and maximize the return on their SAP investment.

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Podcast: 7 Ways to Control of SAP Spending

Want to listen on the go? Check out the 7 Ways to Control of SAP Spending podcast to discover how License Manager for SAP can help your business more effectively leverage license usage to maximize the return on your SAP investment.

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Webinar: Achieving Better License Management

Learn how Flexera Software’s License Manager for SAP® Business Suite can help you save money.

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FlexNet Manager for SAP® Business Suite

Leverage License Usage Data to Maximize the Return on your SAP Investment

Centralized Management

Automatically collect SAP usage data from multiple systems to more easily optimize and maintain licenses and prepare for SAP true-ups. More

Administrators have typically had to measure license activity and make updates to user profiles manually on each of their organization’s many SAP systems. This also makes preparing for SAP true-ups an exhaustive process.

License Manager aggregates usage data and enables administrators to make updates to all satellite systems more frequently with a single change to master data, improving productivity and administrator satisfaction.

License Classification Analysis and Recommendation

Uncover who actually uses SAP licenses and to what extent, and more cost-effectively assign and re-classify license types. More

The boundaries between the various SAP license types are unclear and the user classification is left to the administrator. License Manager takes the confusion out of SAP license classification. By analyzing user behavior compared to the current license type assigned, organizations can identify opportunities where more cost-effective license types may be more appropriate.

The solution automatically recommends an optimal reclassification, based on custom criteria. As a result, enterprises may identify the classification strategy that results in the most efficient licensing ratio for their company, budget accurately for renewals, and avoid overpaying for expensive licenses they don’t need.

Compliance Monitoring and Alerts

Improve compliance by continuously monitoring the number of licenses per contract versus those used and receive timely alerts as contract thresholds are met. More

With License Manager, administrators can easily compare the number of license types used by contract versus the number purchased to accurately forecast and budget future purchase needs.

This also helps procurement professionals negotiate from a position of knowledge and strength versus reactively scrambling to purchase more licenses after unexpected increases are discovered in an annual true-up.

Management Reporting

Easily create management summaries. More

License Manager provides management summaries at the click of button. An intelligent overview lets organizations compare target and actual license usage, which supports strategic decision-making.

Moreover, License Manager enables cost allocation by department, business unit, country, etc., based on the extent of their actual usage.

SAP Integration

Certified by SAP, License Manager launches within the SAP interface and leverages SAP functions without interfering or diminishing SAP operations. More

Certified by SAP, License Manager launches within the SAP interface and leverages SAP functions without interfering or diminishing SAP operations.

SAP integration provides a familiar interface and functions, which reduces the learning curve. Quick and easy installation can be performed while all systems are up.

Duplicate User Identification

Easily identify and free up duplicate licenses. More

Due to acquisitions, companies may not have uniform user IDs, so several licenses are billed for one person. License Manager provides administrators an easy way to consolidate user information in order to identify and free up duplicate licenses.

Chargeback

Internally allocate SAP costs back to the business based on actual usage. More

License Manager provides the usage information necessary to allocate SAP costs back to the business based on what it actually uses versus simply dividing the costs by headcount. Not only is this method "more fair," but it also instills greater accountability and influences user behavior to drive more efficient usage.