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Software License Optimization
with FlexNet Manager Suite
ITAM Review Tools day
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My World
Un-optimized
Software Portfolio
Strategic Initiative to
Cut IT Costs by 5%
10,000+ Applications
Frequent M&A
Oracle
Audit
Letter
IBM
Contract
Renegotiat
ion
Expansion
of SAP
Footprint
Limited Resources

Analysts Recommend Software License
Optimization
Gartner
As companies have come to realize that traditional ITAM tools cannot solve
their license compliance challenges…, the popularity of Software License
Optimization & Entitlement tools has grown.…
- How to Assess a Software License Optimization and Entitlement Tool,
May 2014
This report will introduce a new approach that Forrester calls software
license optimization (SLO). It will explain … how SLO is enhancing
compliance while reducing wasteful spend on superfluous license capacity.
- Introducing Software License Optimization, Sept 2011
IDC Software license complexity will cost organizations an average of 25% of
their software license budgets in 2015. Software license optimization can
help identify and eliminate the inefficiencies that can lead to overspending.
- IDC MaturityScape: Software License Optimization, Nov 2014
Forrester
Of the licensing [management] vendors in the market, Flexera offers the most
diverse product set beyond being a strict ITAM solution… Flexera also offers
its own native agent-based and agentless inventory tool…
- Software License Optimization Vendor Overview, 3 July 2012
Gartner

1. Visibility
SCCM on Desktops
ADDM on Non-
Windows Servers
IBM TEM on
Windows
Servers
Oracle DB, Weblogic, Tuxedo…
BMC Remedy
Virtualized Desktops
IBM Websphere MQ
What is out there that I am not discovering?
Number of Discovery tools in the
environment that will be
integrated/leveraged in solution
9
High Value Datacenter Apps
SAP
Visibility into high value applications
that require additional introspection
0%
Concurrent
Licenses
Amount of Total Software Spend
and Associated Risk that lies
beneath the surface
80%
Virtualized
Applications
Complex License Models Require Sophisticated Discovery
VMWare
Amazon Hosted
Infrastructure
Altiris in
APAC
SaaS Apps

1. Visibility

2. Identification
Data Feeds
Existing Inventory
Solutions /
FlexNet Inventory
for
undiscoverable
assets
PO’s &
Contracts
SKU = 5402051AS
Org / User
Data
Optimization Engine
Product Use
Rights Libraries
Normalization
Application
Recognition Library
Helpdesk /
Service
Catalog
Asset Reports
Application
Rationalization
License
Compliance
Contract
Management
Savings
Reports & Alerts
SKU Library
Complex License
Models

2. Identification – Software Recognition

2. Identification – Entitlements & Procurement
System Integration
Purchase
Orders
Procurement
Systems,
LAR Data, &
Publisher
Statements
FlexNet
Manager
Platform SKU
Library

Breadth
• FlexNet Manager
Suite supports more
license models than
any other vendor
Automated
• No manual effort required
to optimize license position
• Identifies Suites and
Bundles automatically
Complexity
• Capacity-based (Oracle,
IBM, etc.)
• Concurrent
• SAP – Users & Indirect
Access
• Etc.
Optimized
• Algorithms to consume
BEST License model
2. Identification – Complex License Models

2. Identification – Product Use Rights
Virtualization
• Full capacity or Sub-
capacity
• Edition Rules
• Host to guest mappings
• Cloud Use Rights
Clusters
• High availability
• Active/Passive
• Processor Pools
Non-Production
• Exclusions for
Development, Test, QA
• Optimal license model
DR Temperature
• License Requirements
for Cold, Warm, Hot
backups

3. Risk – Compliance and Prioritization of Risk

3. Risk - Remediation Desktop
• Relatively Straightforward
process
• License Reclamation
automated with FlexNet
Manager Suite
• Proactive with Request
Process
Concurrent
• Remediation automated with
FlexNet Manager Suite
SAP
• Remediation automated with
• Results in material cost
savings (pays for Software
License Optimization project
with cost savings to spare!)
Data Center (Complex Licenses)
• Remediation is complex
• Requires scenario modeling
(simulations)
• Requires integration with ITSM
processes for automation
Optimal$
Over
Licensed
Out of
Compliance

4. Efficiency – Usage and Reclamation

4. Efficiency – Spend Analysis

4. Efficiency – Contract Management

5. Agility – ITSM Integration
Incident
Management
Problem
Management
Change
Management
Request
Management
SKU
Library
Product
Use Rights
App
Recognitio
n
Enterprise
Data
Automated:
• Normalization
• License
Optimization
CMDB
FlexNet Manager
Suite
Native Integrations
• BMC
Remedy/ADDM/Atrium
• ServiceNow
Benefits
• FlexNet Manager
enriches data in CMDB
• CMDB enriches data in
• Proactive Optimization of
high value software
Capabilities
• Normalized SW titles
to CMDB
• Proactive License
Management in ITSM
processes

5. Agility – Service Request/Authorization
Automation

6. CSI – Exception Reporting and Root Cause
Analysis

6. CSI – Workflow automation
Automated License Reclamation
End
User
Check for unused
apps2
Ask users if unused
apps can be removed3
Trigger apps to be
removed from user
devices
4
Inventory data
imported; license
returned to pool
6
Usage data
imported1
Apps are removed
from user devices5
A
P
P
APP
App
Packaging
Import application1
Create app
listing in app store2b
Push app to
deployment system2a
User requests app3
App is deployed to
user device7
Check for license
availability4
Routed for Approval/
Approval Granted6Reserve license5
End
User
A
P
P
License Availability Check and
Reservation

My New World - Software License Optimization
with FlexNet Manager Suite

For more information go to: www.flexerasoftware.com/SLO

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