Meter IT, Optimize IT with Open iT Software Usage Monitoring and Optimization Tools

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Meter IT – Optimize IT

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Signe Marie Stenseth, V.P.

[email protected]

Open iT - Global Hub for Usage


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


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)




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?


Get Answers

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Question:

What’s the difference between the # licenses we purchased &the # licenses actually being checked out?



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Customizable Reporting



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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?





Get Answers

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Question:


Question:





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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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Modeling(Higher Level

Analysis)

Question:


Question:


Question:

How can we best restructure or remix our license agreements with our software vendors?


Get Answers

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Analysis)

Question:


Question:


Question:



Application Dashboards

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Analysis)

Resolve:


Resolve:


Establish:


Establish:

How can we establish and configure a rules-based framework to actively recapture licenses based on actual usage ?



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Analysis)

Resolve:


Resolve:


Establish:


Establish:

How can we establish and configure a rules-based framework to actively recapture licenses and support change back?


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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Meter IT, Optimize IT with Open iT Software Usage Monitoring and Optimization Tools