FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite: Resources

Leverage Software License usage Data to Maximize the Return on Your SAP Investment

 

In many enterprises, SAP® Business Suite applications are the most highly valued and widely used in the company. Without precise management of software license usage, organizations risk duplicate users, unused licenses or misclassified users – increasing the cost of their SAP investment.
Learn more by downloading the FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite Datasheet
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Documentation

Datasheet: FlexNet Manager for SAP® Business Suite

Read more about the benefits to your organization by using FlexNet Manager for SAP® Buisness Suite. Also available in German, Japanese and Korean.

Product Overview: FlexNet Manager for SAP® Business Suite

Learn more about our FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite product by reading this in-depth Product Overview document. It describes how FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite:

  • Checks the usage of every license and finds licenses that are not being used
  • Automatically determines the correct license type for each user
  • Finds duplicate users
  • Optimizes the usage of license types, based on actual usage, consumption, and authorization roles
And much more.

 

Success Stories

EGGER Group: Reduces License Costs By 10 Percent

The company spent four days manually collecting license usage data. It needed a more efficient way to measure and manage licensing in order to control license costs. The EGGER Group reduced license costs by 10 percent immediately, and now spends just half a day measuring license usage.

White Papers

Information is Power: How a Global Consumer Goods Manufacturer is Using Software Usage Data to Optimize its License Spend

As with most enterprises, driving inefficiencies out of the organization is a key objective of senior management at the company. Inefficiencies in the software supply chain resulting from a lack of visibility into software usage can often lead to overspending or spending in the wrong areas. This white paper by IDC profiles a large consumer packaged goods manufacturer's strategy to improve visibility into software usage and optimize the company's software license spend.

Stretching the Software Budget

A practical guide to Enterprise License Optimization. Also available in Korean, German and Japanese.

Seven Ways to Gain Control of SAP Licensing and Spending

Learn how you can more efficiently manage the lifecycle of your SAP® Business Suite licenses and make more informed software planning and purchasing decisions. Available in English and German.

On-Demand Webinars

Optimized License Management for the Datacenter

Tuesday, July 07, 2111

Learn how your organization can achieve significant IT cost reductions in your datacenter environments. Software represents one third of the typical IT budget and datacenter applications are usually the most expensive component of software spend. That's why datacenter license and maintenance fees offer the greatest potential for cost-savings in the software portfolio. In this Webinar, you will learn how to meet these datacenter license management challenges while reducing ongoing software costs:

  • Heterogeneous / Multi-platform environments (Windows Server, UNIX, Linux)
  • Complex License Models
  • Virtualization
  • Complex License Entitlements

2010 Software Licensing and Pricing Survey Results and 2011 Predictions

Tuesday, July 07, 2111
The 2010 Key Trends in Software Licensing and Pricing Survey, sponsored by Flexera Software and prepared with assistance from IDC, found that software vendors and their enterprise customers are looking for better strategies to derive more value for their organizations through software licensing and pricing business models.

Reduce Software Spend by Up to 30% with Powerful Software License Optimization Solutions

Tuesday, July 07, 2111
Enterprises and government agencies today are committed to overhauling the way they manage IT spend, resulting in modernization, improved performance and lower costs. Software comprises from 20 to 35% of the typical IT budget so this is a key area of focus for potential cost savings. Join Flexera Software as we present an overview of our Enterprise License Optimization solutions that have been deployed by the biggest software users to achieve cost savings, control, and clarity. Guest speaker is Dean McCarns, Director of Navy CADD Systems, who implemented the Flexera Software solution for the Navy's AutoDesk applications and has realized over $17million in savings to date.

7 Ways to Control of SAP Spending

Tuesday, July 07, 2111
This Webinar, featuring Flexera Software's license management experts and AMR Research's SAP analyst Derek Prior, will discuss new techniques companies are using to leverage usage data and maximize the return on their SAP investment.

The Real Problem with Counting Virtual Licenses

Tuesday, July 07, 2111
In this Webinar, Duncan Jones will explain, in his usual informative and entertaining style, how virtualization has made hardware-based metrics obsolete, and what asset managers need to do to stay in control. It will describe some common scenarios and explain the different ways that major software vendors treat them. Lastly, it will give some actionable recommendations to help attendees take advantage of the opportunities while mitigating the risks.

Information is Power - Making the Most of SW Usage Measurement & Other Techniques for Optimizing Software License Spend

Tuesday, July 07, 2111
In this this Webinar, Amy Konary of IDC and Jeff Greenwald of Flexera Software will focus on ways to optimize the organization's software license investment including the why's and how-tos for managing software effectively. Ms. Konary will answer questions about the role of software usage measurements and other techniques to transition software management from reactive survival mode to processes that treat software as a high-value, high-liability business asset.

Additional Resources

Product Overview

FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite
Learn more about our FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite product by reading this in-depth Product Overview document. It describes how FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite:

  • Checks the usage of every license and finds licenses that are not being used
  • Automatically determines the correct license type for each user
  • Finds duplicate users
  • Optimizes the usage of license types, based on actual usage, consumption, and authorization roles

And much more.



Webinar

Information is Power - Making the Most of SW Usage Measurement & Other Techniques for Optimizing Software License Spend
In this this webinar, Amy Konary of IDC and Jeff Greenwald of Flexera Software will focus on ways to optimize the organization's software license investment including the why's and how-tos for managing software effectively. Ms. Konary will answer questions about the role of software usage measurements and other techniques to transition software management from reactive survival mode to processes that treat software as a high-value, high-liability business asset.



Webinar

Seven Ways to Gain Control of SAP Licensing and Spending
Join Flexera Software's license management experts and AMR Research's SAP analyst Derek Prior for this free webinar. 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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