Join us for this webinar as we discuss the spend management risks associated with cloud services and some of the strategies organizations can use to keep a lid on these costs using Software Asset Management processes and tools. We’ll use Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Office 365 as specific examples of cloud infrastructure services and SaaS applications, respectively, that can be managed for better cost efficiency.

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Keeping a Lid on Costs for
Cloud Infrastructure and
SaaS Applications

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Today’s Presenters
John Emmitt
Manager, Enterprise Marketing
Flexera Software
Email: jemmitt@flexerasoftware.com
Eric Feldman
Sr. Product Marketing Manager
Flexera Software
Email:
efeldman@flexerasoftware.com
Twitter: @EricJFeldman
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Cloud Services Models
Cloud-computing models form a STACK:
Infrastructure, Platform, and Software-as-a-Service.

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Public, Private & Hybrid Cloud
Private cloud – cloud infrastructure operated for a single organization
Public cloud – services are delivered over a public network
Hybrid cloud – two or more clouds (private and public) that remain
distinct entities but are bound together

5. MARKET TRENDS
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Growth of Cloud Adoption and Decline of
On-Premises Software

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Subscription vs Perpetual Licensing
Subscription CAGR: 18.1%Source: IDC

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The Move to User Based Licensing
Virtualization
Examples
Drivers :
• Proliferation of devices
• Virtualization
technologies
• Cloud / SaaS delivery
Microsoft Adobe

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Market Trends – Impact on My Organization
Management of cloud
resources
Consumption based
chargeback
On-premises or cloud
deployment

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License Models in the Cloud
Cloud Service
Category
Example
Vendors
Typical
Licensing
Models
Compliance
Risk
Risk of
Overspend
SaaS
SalesForce
ServiceNow
WebEx
User
User Role
Usage
Low High
PaaS
Azure
Oracle
Usage
Capacity Medium Medium
IaaS
Amazon
Rackspace
Usage
Capacity High High

11. CHALLENGES & SOLUTION STRATEGIES
For Managing Cloud Infrastructure Costs
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Cloud Infrastructure Challenges
Having Visibility Across the
Enterprise
Having the Right Mix of Cloud
Instance Types
Maximizing Utilization to Avoid
Wasting Capacity

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Solution Step 1: Automatically Collect the Data
• Aggregate billing and usage
information from multiple
accounts
• Classify spend and usage
Business Value
• Reduce manual effort
• Align cloud service billing to
organization hierarchy
• Have up-to-date visibility into
usage and spending data
AWS

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Solution Step 2: Cloud Cost Analysis – Amazon
Web Services (AWS)
• Choosing the most
cost effective
instance type
• Enabling better
budgeting and
financial
management
Visibility of On-Demand vs. Reserved
Instances
On-Demand
Reserved

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Solution Step 3: Cloud Usage Analysis – AWS
• Maximizing
utilization of cloud
instances
• Eliminating idle
cloud instances to
reduce waste

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Potential Cost Savings Example
Unused Reserved Capacity at $581,271

17. CHALLENGES & SOLUTION STRATEGIES
For Managing SaaS Costs
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SaaS Challenges
Selecting the Right
Subscription / Plan Level
Overlapping Entitlements &
Unused Subscriptions
Managing multiple non-co-
terminated subscriptions
Controlling Access to Cloud
Services (Reduce Shadow IT)

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Microsoft Office 365 Plans
A La Carte Options:

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Solution Step 1: Automatically Collect the
Data
Collect Activity
and Usage Data
SAM Tools Can Leverage the Office 365 API
API
Collect the data to make informed decisions
on Office 365 subscriptions

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Solution Step 2: Optimize Costs
Legacy
Office Pro
Perpetual
License
Device Based
License
Also Has:
Office 365 E3
Subscription
User Based License
Optimize spend by
• Removing redundancies
• Selecting optimal plan levels for
each user
• Reclaiming unused
subscriptions

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Solution Step 3: Efficiently Manage
Subscriptions
Software
Subscription
Example:
Adobe
Creative Cloud
for Enterprise
Subscription Exp Date
Subscription 1 15-Jan-2017
Subscription 2 15-May-2017
Subscription 3 14-Jun-2017
Subscription 4 22-Jul-2017
…
Adobe
Creative
Cloud
Manage multiple
subscriptions via a
single record in the
asset management
database

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Solution Step 4: Use an Enterprise App
Store
• SaaS apps can easily be requested via the app store
• Reduces likelihood of ‘shadow IT’ and Cloud Sprawl
• Automatically Provision SaaS Apps

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Cloud Services are the
Wave of the Future!
You must actively MANAGE CLOUD SERVICES
to control costs
Software License Optimization Tools make it
possible!

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Cloud Services are the
Wave of the Future!
the Now!
You must actively MANAGE CLOUD SERVICES to
control costs
Software License Optimization tools make it possible!

26. FlexNet Manager for Cloud Infrastructure
• Provides comprehensive, accurate
and actionable insight into
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
USAGE & SPEND
• Automatically imports cloud billing
and usage data

27. QUESTIONS
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For More Information
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Maximizing Value in Software and Cloud Services Procurement
http://bit.ly/CloudProcurement-wp
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Coming soon!
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FlexNet Manager for Cloud Infrastructure
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