Enterprise License Optimization

Reduce Spend and Maintain Continuous Compliance with Enterprise Software License Management

 

Application usage has turned strategic. Applications no longer just help the business, they run the business. Yet most companies lack a strategic solution for Enterprise License Optimization—the ongoing process of optimizing the management of software assets throughout the software lifecycle. Spreadsheets are among the most common tools for much of software license management and software license compliance. Few other strategic business assets are as undermanaged or as in need of a strategic solution as enterprise software.

While large companies have achieved benchmark status in negotiating discounts on software purchases, they are unable to ensure software license compliance and optimize software spend. Most organizations don't truly know whether they are in compliance and control or not – the underlying data is suspect at best. And, lacking a strategic solution for Enterprise License Optimization most companies overspend.

Are You Ready For a Software Audit?

According to the King Research 2008 report "Software License Compliance: A Survey of Corporate IT", 73% of IT managers believe they are not prepared for a software audit and Gartner believes that every client can expect at least one software audit during the next 12 months.

Lacking a strategic solution, companies struggle with:

  • Capturing accurate application usage data for key vendors such as SAP and selecting the most appropriate User license types
  • Optimizing software spend due to an incomplete picture of what is being used compared to what is owned
  • Exposure to over/under spending on software due to the complex license models and purchase agreements created by vendors
  • Reconciling contracts and license entitlements with software installations
  • Managing licenses in an on-going, consistent and effective way across vendors
  • Software audits and unbudgeted true-up expenses due to non-compliance

Traditionally, companies have relied on IT asset and configuration management solutions such as IBM Tivoli, Microsoft SCCM, HP Asset Manager, BMC Remedy or CA IT Asset Manager to deploy and inventory software assets. But today the business imperative is transforming from counting what you have to controlling, using and optimizing the software licenses you have while ensuring that you only buy what you need.

Next Generation Software Asset Management

Enterprise License Optimization solutions such as Flexera Software's FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises represent the next generation software asset management solution required to meet today's business challenges. Whether extending the value of your existing configuration management solution or other tools, such solutions reconcile the software license entitlements you have purchased with actual application installation and usage data. The result is unprecedented control of your software estate, providing the strategic solution needed to drive upwards of 5-30% savings in annual software spend.

Companies deploying an Enterprise License Optimization solution are able to realize benefits in license optimization, operational efficiencies and vendor management, including the ability to:

  • Minimize license consumption and reduce ongoing software spend on licenses and maintenance
  • Reduce the time and effort wasted manually managing licenses and demonstrating compliance for software audits
  • More accurately plan and budget for future needs
  • Minimize the risk and cost of license non-compliance
  • Minimize the downtime and delays due to license denials when using a concurrent license model
  • Gain continuous control of the software license estate with repeatable, automated best practices

Enterprise License Optimization Maturity Model

Enterprise License Optimization Maturity Model

Only Flexera Software provides a license optimization solution and professional services that take you from the starting line at Level 1 in the Maturity Model, to the highest level of asset management maturity—Level 4, where you can achieve the highest return on investment (ROI).

Flexera Software has established itself as a global leader in Enterprise License Optimization solutions that are a component of a strategic solution for Application Usage Management. Enterprises and government institutions utilizing these solutions gain continuous software compliance, maximized usage and optimized value from their software estate. These capabilities are delivered as a comprehensive suite of enterprise software license management and software compliance solutions. Learn more about our FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises or learn more about specific products below.

Flexera Software Enterprise License Optimization Solutions

FlexNet Manager Platform software asset management
FlexNet Manager Platform provides scalable software and hardware asset management across more than 11,000 publishers and 100,000 applications, providing insight into installed software and application usage while delivering purchased versus installed license reconciliation.
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License Optimization

FlexNet Manager Suite license optimization solutions provide next generation software asset management and automated license optimization for Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Symantec software, allowing organizations to more effectively use the software they already have and purchase only what they need.
FlexNet Manager for Adobe provides next generation software asset management and license optimization for Adobe software, allowing organizations to more effectively use the software they already have and purchase only what they need.
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FlexNet Manager for Microsoft software license management and optimization
FlexNet Manager for IBM provides next generation software asset and license management for IBM software, allowing organizations to gain control of their software estate and reduce the cost and risk of software audits.
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FlexNet Manager for Microsoft software license management and optimization
FlexNet Manager for Microsoft provides next generation software asset management and license optimization for Microsoft software, allowing organizations to more effectively use the software they already have and purchase only what they need.
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FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite enables businesses to centrally monitor and analyze their SAP license usage to help ensure accurate and appropriate licensing.
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FlexNet Manager for Symantec provides next generation software asset management and license optimization for Symantec software, allowing organizations to more effectively use the software they already have and purchase only what they need.
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Concurrent License and License Server Management

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FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications helps businesses centrally administer FlexNet Publisher (formerly FlexLM) license servers, and report software license usage across many licensing technologies (FlexNet, LUM, and others) to optimize software use and reduce spending by up to 30%.
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FlexWrap inserts software license tracking capabilities into Windows based applications to allow them to be tracked and managed by FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications as if they were concurrently licensed. This enables organizations to more effectively manage license usage for these applications so they are better able to cut software costs, stay in license compliance, and ensure end users have access to the licenses they need to be productive.
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Business Process Management

FlexNet Manager for Microsoft software license management and optimization
Workflow Manager allows organizations to implement software asset management workflow processes that improve accuracy and accountability. It automates workflow tasks, increasing efficiency and improving IT service levels to the organization.
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