Best practices will help you leverage an enterprise app store to enhance your software license optimization and reduce spending on enterprise software. Keeping these best practices in mind when setting up your enterprise app store will help you reduce spending on new software and take your software license optimization to the next level.

1. Enterprise App Store Best Practices
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2. An Enterprise App Store
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Delivers applications faster
Improves customer satisfaction
Reclaims unused licenses to avoid purchasing more software
Reduces the cost to support, deliver and maintain applications
Improves operational efficiencies
“By 2017, 25% of enterprises will have an enterprise
app store for managing corporate-sanctioned apps
on PCs and mobile devices.”
Source: Gartner February 2013
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3. Enterprise App Store: Best Practices
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Focus on the User Experience
Increase Visibility and Control
Stock the Store and Keep it Current
Always Know Your License Position
Reduce, Recycle and Reuse
Don't Operate in a Silo
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4. Focus on the User Experience
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Keep it simple (UI)
Offer selection and choice
Make the store available 24x7x365
Cut Application Delivery Time
Involve users in the process
It should be quick and easy for
users to get the software they
need to do their jobs.
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5. Increase Visibility and Control
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Display applications available by Role
Show applications compatible with the device
Automate approvals and keep an audit trail
Identify the most popular and highest rated applications
“…an enterprise app store is as much
a feedback loop as it is a distribution
system. The types of apps downloaded
and used provide important information
as to what types of solutions are of value…”
Source: Gartner September 2012
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6. Stock the Store & Keep it Current
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Quickly add new apps and updates
Stock applications in different formats
Automate with software packaging
Provide OS installations, updates, and patches
30% of an organization’s applications
require updating, repackaging and
redeployment annually.
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Import
application
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Create app
listing in app
store
Push app to
deployment
system
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App
Packaging
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App Store
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Deployment
System

8. Always Know Your License Position
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How many you own
How many are allocated
How many are in use
How many are available globally or by group
38% of enterprises indicated that 11%
or more of their applications spend is
associated with applications that are
overused and out of compliance.
Source:
82012 Key Trends in Software Pricing and Licensing Survey with IDCCompany Confidential
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Import
application
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Push app to
deployment
system
APP
Create app
listing in app
store
App
Packaging
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User
requests app
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Deployment
System
End
User
App Store
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App is
deployed
to device
Check for
license
availability
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Reserve
license
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Routed for
Approval/
Approval Granted

10. Reduce, Recycle and Reuse
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Recycle licenses for unused applications
Lease applications for short term projects
Assess recycling on a product-by-product basis
Build license recycling into the processes
Involve end users in recycling and compliance
56% of enterprises say that 11%
or more of their application spend is
associated with applications that are
under-used.
Source:
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12. Don't Operate in a Silo
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Communicate with the CMDB and the help desk
Integrate with ERP and procurement systems
Use workflow to automate the process between teams
Provide one store for all application types
Close the loop with users
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13. Enterprise App Store: Best Practices
 Focus on the User Experience
 Increase Visibility and Control
 Stock the Store and Keep it Current
 Always Know Your License Position
 Reduce, Recycle and Reuse
 Don't Operate in a Silo
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14. Next Steps
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