SNOW FOR ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD Optimize Adobe Creative Cloud

Snow helps organizations understand, manage and optimize their Adobe Creative Cloud usage and spend.

Adobe Creative Cloud is one of the best-loved software suites on the market – and with good reason; it’s easy to use, widely compatible, and painless to adopt and deploy. It has become a must-have in every creative worker’s toolkit.

For those managing IT software budgets, however, Creative Cloud is a thornier issue. The very ease of use and adoption that users love can lead to rapidly increasing costs. This leaves IT teams and Software Asset Management practitioners caught in the middle between creative teams who want unhampered access to licenses and finance teams demanding to know why license costs are spiralling out of control.

Adobe Creative Cloud licenses are frequently purchased but then unassigned and even assigned licenses can remain unused. Furthering complications, administrators must determine if Adobe’s All App or Single App license model is more cost effective for each user. Without data to understand what is being used, Adobe Creative Cloud can make up a large part of the estimated 30% of SaaS costs that are wasted each year.

COMPLEX LICENSING CHALLENGES CREATE WASTE

Snow’s solution solves these challenges by providing detailed usage statistics, allowing visibility beyond the number of licenses bought to understand how many are actually being used. Snow provides guidance to identify unused subscriptions and which subscription type is most appropriate for each user. When it’s time for the Adobe contract renewal, Snow puts you in the driver’s seat with an accurate understanding of how many subscriptions are needed. Snow tames unmanaged, costly Adobe subscriptions, giving insight and control back to IT and SAM teams.

DETAILED, ACCURATE USAGE DATA IS KEY TO EFFECTIVE COST MANAGEMENT

Benefits

Snow Software is the global leader in technology intelligence solutions, ensuring the trillions spent on all forms of technology is optimized to drive maximum value. More than 4,000 organizations around the world rely on Snow’s platform to provide complete visibility, optimize usage and spend, and minimize regulatory risk. Headquartered in Stockholm, Snow has more local offices and regional support centers than any other software asset and cloud management provider, delivering unparalleled results to our customers and partners. To find out more about Snow Software, visit www.snowsoftware.com.

ABOUT SNOW SOFTWARE

• Uncover usage across the enterprise, regardless of which group or individual procured the subscription

• Gain full insight into application costs, including which departments are driving software costs

• Identify all license types and Adobe component usage

• Identify savings opportunities from unused accounts and duplicate users

• Reduce costs by selecting All Apps or Single App licenses, based on detailed usage information per user

• Right-size contracts by buying and renewing only the subscriptions needed

AUTOMATED DISCOVERY OF ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD USAGE

OPTIMIZE AND CONTROL LICENSE COST

MANAGE USAGE AND REDUCE RISK

CREATE SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE MODEL

• Enable integrated views of on-premises and cloud usage for visibility and control

• Reduce risk associated with unknown users

• Track application adoption with detailed usage statistics

• Enable self-service access requests for Adobe subscriptions, enabled by automated, approval-driven workflows

• Automate entitlement imports to save time and improve reporting accuracy

• Manage Adobe Creative Cloud renewals proactively

Customer Story

With 56,000 students and multiple departments, Deakin University found it difficult to get visibility and insight into the number of Adobe products purchased and how they were being used. Many Adobe assigned subscriptions went unused but there was little understanding about where and how savings could be found.

Snow provided Deakin with detailed Adobe usage statistics, enabling them to make efficient licensing decisions and prepare for contract renewal negotiations.

• Complete visibility of Adobe subscription costs and usage

• Elimination of unused licenses and unnecessary, premium subscriptions

• Greatly improved contract negotiation position, armed with accurate usage data

“We’re coming up to our renewal with Adobe. I’m using Snow to get our usage of Adobe products, so I can obviously have a much more meaningful and knowledgeable conversation. I can say to Adobe: ‘Do I really need your entire suite when 80% of it I haven’t touched?’ Snow definitely provides value.”

CHALLENGE: SOLUTION: BENEFITS:

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Natalie Cooper, Finance Manager Deakin University