The economic crisis is putting an ever-increasing strain on IT budgets. Ways of reducing costs are being sought by those in positions of responsibility, who are finding themselves forced to evaluate their investments scrupulously. Outsourcing whole IT sectors is a potential option which one arrives at almost automatically. However, the high saving potential of professional asset and license management is often overlooked.
Software is a cost-intensive and central business asset. However, only very few companies can provide reliable information as to whether they pay too much for using their software. The degree of saving potential can not be determined, due to decentralized purchasing of software, departmental-internal license management and heterogeneous structures.
An integrated asset and license management solution such as our Miss Marple Enterprise Edition closes this gap. A medium-sized car dealership in Germany with 1,300 employees, for example, has managed to achieve savings of €90,000 by using Miss Marple.
How can Miss Marple help you discover the savings potential available to you in asset and license management?
- Miss Marple automatically inventories the hardware and software available in all corporate sectors - and not only the applications installed, but also all executable programs on clients and servers as well as mobile devices. Furthermore, Miss Marple shows whether and how the existing software is, in fact, being used (metering).
- In the license balance, the existing licenses are then compared to the inventories basis. It can be clearly seen whether the applications are sufficiently licensed. Over-licensing is common i.e. companies often waste money on software licenses that are used rarely or not at all.
- Since the actual use of software is incorporated into the license balance as well, licenses which are available but unused can be managed via the license pool. Expensive new purchases of licenses are avoided, making license usage both flexible and economical.
- Miss Marple's integrated contract management also provides support for new purchases of software. Licenses can be clearly classified according to contracts and the license manager recognizes whether there is potential for optimization.
To top it off, Miss Marple Enterprise Edition's comprehensive reporting and a host of features enable you to keep track of your licenses effortlessly.
Interested? Then feel free to request your download of our Miss Marple Enterprise Edition.