While software compliance is usually the primary objective of organizations concerned about software license audits or dealing with bills from manufacturers, software optimization is the ultimate benefit. Organizations can use the resulting SWident web based reporting information to maximize the value of their software assets.
Software is a huge cost for most organizations. Organizations tend to use only 70% of the server licenses they pay for at approximately 70% of capacity. According to leading analysts, many CIOs believe that as much as 20% of all installed desktop software is unused, often becoming "shelfware." Software optimization depends on knowing who is using what software, how much they are using it and whether the software is just running or being used in a meaningful way. Software license agreements should be evaluated and renegotiated to ensure that the organization is getting the best value for their money.
Organizations that go through the process of determining true software compliance can also benefit by reusing the information to drive tangible cost savings through:
Homeland security initiative planning
Merger & Acquisition due diligence
Business continuity/disaster recovery assessments
Security baseline assessments
Maintenance consolidation audits
Server/storage consolidation studies
IT optimization/technology life-cycle reviews
Data center relocations
Our consulting services can also assist you in the following areas:
Developing a "best practices" asset-management program
Implementing your asset-management program
Training your staff on software compliance and software asset management
Responding to an audit letter
Collecting audit data
Evaluating audit results
Our service uses information readily available from systems scans, processes that information using a proprietary algorithm against our knowledge base, validates the results and returns this information to our clients in the form of database files and/or reports.
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