Software Metering for Decision Makers

With software licensing often accounting for over 30% of the IT budget, organisations need effective Software Asset Management (SAM) Tools and processes. Part of an effective SAM process is the identification of unnecessary, unused or underutilised software.

It is estimated that around 30% of deployed software is underused or unused. This can account for a significant proportion of IT expenditure. Software Metering for Decision Makers™ will provide you with the necessary information to reallocate or remove unused software. Without such a capability organisations will continue to purchase software licenses unnecessarily increasing an organisations cost base year on year with no return.

Many software contracts are complex and varied, from concurrent usage to named user and increasingly, subscription based models. This complexity often means that negotiations with software vendors can be difficult, as there is little measurement information to hand to negotiate with, resulting typically in overspending. Can you think of any other function where this would be allowed to happen?

Software Metering for Decision Makers™ is a web based comprehensive solution using Web 2.0 technologies to provide powerful, effective, passive software metering to allow organisations to easily identify unnecessary, unused or underutilised software. Empowered with this detailed information, appropriate action can be taken. It provides the necessary information to communicate with the business, to provide justifi cation to remove or redeploy key business assets which are not delivering business value.

Software Metering for Decision Makers™ also provides the evidence needed to negotiate with software vendors more appropriate license agreements for your organisation. In simple terms it identifies ‘waste’ and provides organisations with accurate data in an easily understandable format that can be acted upon. A critical function within the Software Asset Management (SAM) life cycle. Download the Data Sheet

Features

• Simple, intuitive Web Interface 
• Active Directory (LDAP) integration
• Small client footprint
• Records the active application or window
• Records executables accessed from network shares
• Search by executable, manufacturer, version, user or computer
• Easily identify unused applications
• Track software usage when on the network or offline e.g. laptop users
• Can be used in conjunction with an existing asset management or discovery tool
• Monitor application usage on Citrix or Terminal Servers
• Easily exclude software from reports e.g. Adobe Reader
• "Drill down" capability to provide more detailed information
• Identify monthly and daily trends of application usage

Certero Products are Compatible with Windows® 7 and have been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be Compatible with Windows® 7.

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If you would like more information about Software Metering then please contact us using the details at the top of this page or fill in our Online Enquiry Form.