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The Business Benefits of Software Metering
It is estimated that around 30% of deployed software is underused or unused. This can account for almost 10% of the total IT expenditure, the equivalent of £1,000,000 for a typical Public Sector organisation. Software Metering for Decision Makers will provide you with the necessary information to reallocate or remove this unused software.
Many IT Departments are responsible for the management and renewal of maintenance contracts on expensive line of business applications. How do you know these applications are in use? Software Metering for Decision Makers will provide you with the evidence to present to the business and stop the payment of unnecessary maintenance and support agreements.
The example above shows an organisation of 5000 users that has standardised on Office 2007 Enterprise Edition. As can easily be seen from the graph less than 10% of users use the additional products included in Office 2007 Professional or Enterprise. More than 90% of the organisation could be downgraded to Office 2007 Standard with potential savings in the region of £500,000.
Benefits
- The information you need at the click of a mouse
- Identify unused software and take action to remove or reallocate
- Save on future licensing costs
- Identify unnecessary software and save on maintenance payments
- Optimise software usage
- The evidence for software standardisation
- Return on investment within the first year
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