Challenge: How to reduce software license spending while enhancing business productivity?
License managers can count the number of software licenses in use through measuring keyboard and mouse activity, but these numbers can't give an accurate representation of how software is being used. IT managers faced with shrinking budgets need to be able to make do with less, and may have to reduce their software licenses and servers in order to do so. How will reduced numbers of software licenses impact users? OpeniT software can help managers get more value from software vendors by providing detailed knowledge of current user patterns of applications, to use as leverage when negotiating future software agreements. It can also be used for consolidating software licenses and servers for better utilization of resources. Centralized view of all license serversView detailed and accurate usage statistics across any combination of local or global license servers, in any location, time zone or even remote offices. We also support offline usage (“borrowing/commuting”). Determine license utilization over the enterprise not just by a division. Supports common license managersFLEXlm / FlexNet
IBM LUM Sentinel/Abaqus/Elan RLM (from Reprise Software) Support for other license manager can be added on request. Easy Implementation Agent on the license server tracks usage from multiple sources to ensure accuracy of data
Native support for triplets/triads/redundant license servers Native support for multiple locations and time zones Metering across all vendors, products and features Combine data from Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms Uncover wasted usage of softwareA surprisingly high percentage of software usage is wasted, according to our data. Several scenarios are common: users are away from their desks, applications are left open overnight or users check out every application in the morning “just in case.” With OpeniT you can track this type of “usage” and plan accordingly. Track active and inactive usage of software Advanced metering of activity for selected applications
Flexible configuration allows you to define activity levels and policies Windows, UNIX, Linux, servers, workstations and laptops
This report shows you the daily number of concurrent users of 5 selected features. A report like this can be run at any time-interval, and for any part or group of the organization. |
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