"Metering Monitors Savings – High Return of Investment for Software Usage Metering Tools"

OpeniT SVP Signe Marie Stenseth identifies in her article the benefits of software usage metering based on first-hand experience from Global Fortune 1000 companies implementing processes and systems for cost optimization and asset efficiency.

The author identifies seven categories of benefits flowing from software usage metering;

• High-end applications will give high-end savings

• Companies can cut their software licensing costs by up to 25%

• Internal application support teams will gain valuable insight into how applications are utilized throughout the organization

• Metering enhances IT departments’ ability to participate in corporate compliance projects

• Savings are realized without delay, and optimization can be set up to be fully automated

• Metering opens up for collaboration between vendors and users that aligns vendor development and user needs

• Benefits are especially high for concurrent licensing applications, where license needs are directly related to daily usage patterns across the enterprise

Read more about the benefits of metering Information Technology Asset Knowledge, October 2010 Issues (p. 30-31), published by International Association of Information Technology Asset Managers, Suffield, Ohio, 44260, USA.