open it software asset management, a global hub for usage monitoring and optimization

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Open iT SoftwareGlobal Hub for Usage

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Open iT exists because…

No one likesany part of their budget

to be spenton something that isnot really being used.

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Energy Customer

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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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We Quanitfy what is in Use

Checked out

Actually in use

Helps you Harvest the Savings

Purchased

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What do we do? We answer crucial questions.

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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

Rules-based Automation

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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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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What do we do

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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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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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License Manager(Server)

Application(Desktop)

Monitoring& Reporting

Modeling(Higher Level

Analysis)

Question:

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

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?

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License Manager(Server)

Application(Desktop)

Monitoring& Reporting

Modeling(Higher Level

Analysis)

Question:

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

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?

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Compare WAN vs. LAN agreements

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Application Dashboards

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License Manager(Server)

Application(Desktop)

Monitoring& Reporting

Modeling(Higher Level

Analysis)

Question:

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

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

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License Manager(Server)

Application(Desktop)

Monitoring& Reporting

Modeling(Higher Level

Analysis)

Question:

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

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

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• Customer started in one location to free up software licenses checked out, but not in use. Weekly success rate was between 20 - 30 license sessions.

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Automatically Reclaiming of Inactive Licenses

• After implementing Open iT full scale, and with automated processes, success rate climbed to over 300 license sessions every week (until holidays).

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Open iT – Global Hub for Collection & Distribution of Usage Data

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OpeniT Company

• OpeniT is an independent software vendor with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Financially solid, debt-free.

• OpeniT meters the usage of software applications and licenses, with functionality for globally deployed, dynamic use models including concurrent licensing and pay-per-use agreements. Also meters hardware usage to support optimization and usage based charge-back models.

• Key business value includes: Harvesting Unused Licences, Cost Optimizing for IT Procurement & Operations, Increasing User Productivity.

• Key industry segments: Energy/Oil&Gas, Aerospace/Defense, Automotive.

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Open iT exists because…

No one likesany part of their budget

to be spenton software and hardware that is

not being effectively used.

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HOW we do it

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- Advanced Filtering- Global Concurrency- Mapping features to “products”- AD/LDAP integration

- Start/stop metering - Feature by feature - Server by server

- Executable level - DLL level - Active vs. Inactive use

License Manager(Server)

Application(Desktop)

Monitoring& Reporting

Modeling(Higher Level

Analysis)

- Rules-based framework

- Genuinely inactive licenses are harvested and returned to license pool

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Customizable Reporting

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Interactive Real-time View

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Perceived Use Compared to Actual Use

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Compare Total Usage of Different Applications

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• Business needs change• Technology innovation• Mergers and Acquisitions • Projects gets initial funding, but

small funds for M&S• Minimum investment in Training

and Consulting • Product Champions change their

positions• Decentralized/Centralized

purchasing • Applications follow a ”Hype Cycle”

(Gartner)

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Why does this happen?

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Market Research Facts – Software Usage Metering

”...Quick Payback

with Minimal Effort after

Implementation”

”Enterprises that Implement Software Usage Capabilities will Achieve Savings of 5-25% in the First Year.”

Gartner, Inc. “Cost Cutting by Effectively Using Existing Software”

by Patricia Adams, Feb. 7, 2008

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Perceived Use Compared to Actual Use – Hosted