One of the most overlooked strategies for cutting costs is
to identify and eliminate unused or under used software.
Organizations often purchase far more software than is
actually used in an effort to obtain volume licensing
discounts. If there is no process in place for IT asset
lifecycle management, then organizations are probably paying
not only for unnecessary software, but also for unnecessary
support upgrades and management of the asset.
Current surveys repeatedly show that most companies overbuy
licenses for up to 60 percent of their software portfolio and
vast sums of money are being wasted on every annual cycle -
so why does this happen?
It happens because contrary to widely held assumptions, traditional
asset management tools - which purport to provide software licensing
data - typically do not distinguish between applications that
are merely installed and those that are actually in use. This
view of 'usage' is the basis upon which software vendor’s base
license fees, and it gives them a huge advantage at the negotiating
fees.
Scalable Software can help put
the balance back inline, guiding you to pay for only what you
truly use. Scalable helps organizations substantially reduce
software costs and bring IT budgets under better control - sometimes
by millions of dollars - with a market leading 'true' usage
IT asset lifecycle management solution, Survey™.
Uniquely, Survey distinguishes between software that
is merely installed and software that is truly in use.
With Survey data, organizations are able to renegotiate license
terms based on actual usage, recover unused licenses and redeploy
them to avoid unnecessary new purchases, and recoup maintenance
and other costs associated with unused software. Survey customers
see year on year savings and in many cases this can lead to
reductions in the range of 10 - 40 percent of total software
budget in the first year alone.
With Survey you can confidently track true usage and be sure
that your software needs and your software bills are optimized
- so you can stop gambling with your budget.
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