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Meter IT – Optimize IT
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Signe Marie Stenseth, V.P.
Open iT - Global Hub for Usage
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Open iT Company
• Open iT is an independent software vendor present in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
• Broad customer base spanning multiple industries, with accumulated high renewal rate of support and maintenance (>95%).
• R&D budget between 20-30% of revenue each year.
• Financially solid, debt-free.
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Traditional Way of Cutting Costs...
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Key to IT Optimization
• Standardize the justification process for new IT investments– Based on measurable IT usage data– Document how assets have been used over time– Document shortages
• Do not let politics be the enemy of a sound investment decision
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Prepare for Multiple Views
• Multiple views provide critical insight:
– By business unit/ location
– By application/ application suites
– By users/User-group
– By fixed vs. variable costs
– By vendor
– By project
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Back up Software License Agreements with Usage Data
• Server-based, CPU, or core-based licensing– Licenses for each eligible server, CPU, or core
• Named-user licensing– One license for each named person that has access
• Concurrent licensing– Licenses shared among users
• Enterprise licensing– Open-ended or high number of
licenses to cover global enterprise• Actual-use licensing
– Paying license fees for actual use• A combination of the above
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Global Hub for Usage data
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What customers say…
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“$ 1.35 Million in documented first year savings.”
“47% annual savings on our engineering applications.”
“10 % cost reduction on overall software licenses.”
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Burlington Resources
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Cost of Savings over $5 Million
Y0 Actual Y1 Actual Y2 Actual Y3 ActualMaintenance New Software
Usage metering tool used: OpeniT
-36% software maintenance cost (Year 1)
-19% software maintenance cost (Year 2)
-3% software maintenance cost (Year 3)
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Framework for Incorporating Usage Data into Decision Making
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Spectrum of Sources for Usage Data
License Manager(Server)
Application(Desktop)
Beyond:CPUDB
NetworkStorage
Degree of Interaction
with the Usage Data
AnalysisModeling
Integration
Monitoring& Reporting
Monitoring at theLicense Manager Level
- Start/stop metering - Feature by feature - Server by server
Question:
What’s the difference between the # licenses we purchased &the # licenses actually being checked out?
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Question:
What’s the difference between the # licenses we purchased &the # licenses actually being checked out?
Monitoring& Reporting
License Manager(Server)
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Customizable Reporting
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Framework for Incorporating Usage Data into Decision Making
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Monitoring the Client(Application Location)
- CPU, I/O, mouse/keyboard- DLL and executables - Active vs. Inactive use
Question:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses being checked out &the # licenses actually being used?
Question:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses purchased &the # licenses being checked out?
Monitoring& Reporting
License Manager(Server)
Application(Desktop)
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Question:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses being checked out &the # licenses actually being used?
Question:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses purchased &the # licenses being checked out?
Monitoring& Reporting
License Manager(Server)
Application(Desktop)
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We Quanitfy what is in Use
Max total concurrent (265)
Max active concurrent (150)
115 licenses @ $50,000
= $5,750,000
Help you Harvest the Savings
Max available (290)
35 licenses @ $50,000 = $1,750,000 {
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Framework for Incorporating Usage Data into Decision Making
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License Manager(Server)
Application(Desktop)
Monitoring& Reporting
Modeling(Higher Level
Analysis)
Question:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses purchased &the # licenses being checked out?
Question:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses being checked out &the # licenses actually being used?
Question:
How can we best restructure or remix our license agreements with our software vendors?
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License Manager(Server)
Application(Desktop)
Monitoring& Reporting
Modeling(Higher Level
Analysis)
Question:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses purchased &the # licenses being checked out?
Question:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses being checked out &the # licenses actually being used?
Question:
How can we best restructure or remix our license agreements with our software vendors?
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Application Dashboards
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Framework for Incorporating Usage Data into Decision Making
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License Manager(Server)
Application(Desktop)
Monitoring& Reporting
Modeling(Higher Level
Analysis)
Resolve:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses purchased &the # licenses being checked out?
Resolve:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses being checked out &the # licenses actually being used?
Establish:
How can we best restructure or remix our license agreements with our software vendors?
Establish:
How can we establish and configure a rules-based framework to actively recapture licenses based on actual usage ?
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Framework for Incorporating Usage Data into Decision Making
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License Manager(Server)
Application(Desktop)
Monitoring& Reporting
Modeling(Higher Level
Analysis)
Resolve:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses purchased &the # licenses being checked out?
Resolve:
What’s the difference betweenthe # licenses being checked out &the # licenses actually being used?
Establish:
How can we best restructure or remix our license agreements with our software vendors?
Establish:
How can we establish and configure a rules-based framework to actively recapture licenses and support change back?
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Automated License Harvesting
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Do You Have the Insights You Need Into IT Usage?
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THANK YOU!
Signe M. Stenseth, [email protected]
Direct: +1 832 689 4647
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