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1. Realize the Value of Your License
Management Investment
Software license and maintenance fees are a major
expense for organizations, typically representing
20-35% of total IT spend. While many enterprises
understand that effective management of their
software estate can result in significant benefits,
they also expect an investment in a software asset
management (SAM) and license optimization
solution to help them realize these benefits.
Implementing a SAM and license optimization
solution comes with considerable expectations,
including decreased software license and
maintenance spend and reduced license
compliance risk. IT organizations are under the
microscope to clearly demonstrate the return on this
investment. However, in many cases, enterprises are
failing to fully realize the value of their SAM and
license optimization investment.
Factors hindering this value realization are often
related to the inability to effectively capture and
report on the benefits, lack of clarity on how to
fully leverage the software license optimization
solution and inadequate governance over the asset
management processes.
To achieve value realization, organizations need
to be able to measure and demonstrate the return
on investment, and additionally, uncover any
hurdles that may be inhibiting optimized results
(figure 1). Ultimately, organizations need to achieve
an Optimized level of asset management maturity
to realize the highest ROI.
Value Realization Service
The Software License Optimization Value
Realization Service is designed as a post-
implementation, consultative engagement. It
is specifically targeted toward enhancing an
organization’s ability to capture and report
DATASHEET
Software License Optimization Value
Realization Service
Benefits to the
Organization:
• Improve the
quantitative and
qualitative ROI
measurements
associated with
software license
optimization, and
identify and close
reporting gaps
• Operationalize
the capture
and reporting
of license
optimization
realized value
and publicize that
value internally
• Address hurdles
inhibiting
software license
optimization
and heighten
the return on
investment
TraditionalSAM
SoftwareLicenseOptimization
ReturnOnInvestment
Level 4
Optimized
Level 3
Continuously
Compliant
Level 2
Managed
Level 1
Installation
Automated entitlement based license management
and optimization; Minimize license consumption and
software spend.
Automated purchased vs. installed license
reconciliation; SAM processes to manage contracts
and maintain continuous license compliance.
Perform purchased versus installed license
reconciliation on an ad hoc basis; point-in-time
management of licenses and contracts.
Identify software and hardware installed.
Figure 1: Optimized Level = Highest Return on Investment
Realizing the Value of Your License Management Investment

2. Software License Optimization Value Realization Service
Service Objectives
There are three primary objectives of this service:
• Identify opportunities for improving the measurement of benefits being realized from an implemented software license
optimization solution
• Assist in identifying value realization reporting gaps
• Provide specific recommendations outlining how quantitative and qualitative benefits could be measured and reported
• Identify potential obstacles hindering the ability to fully optimize value and provide recommendations on how to resolve them
and move towards software license optimization maturity
Service Delivery Approach:
The service will be delivered as a highly consultative engagement and will include:
• A review of benefits/value realization reporting currently being captured
• Interviews with key stakeholders to understand how the software license optimization is currently deployed and being
leveraged
- This will serve as the basis for determining applicable benefits/value factors which could/might be captured
- This will also assist in highlighting obstacles potentially hindering the realization of benefits
• A summarization and collective review of current state observations
• Recommendations for:
- Enhancing value realization reporting
- Addressing existing obstacles to heighten value to be realized
the benefits and return on investment associated with their
implemented software license management solution. This
service comprises the following activities:
• Assess the quantitative and qualitative benefits associated
with software license optimization strategies being used.
The following are some examples of these strategies:
- Application of vendor specific and product specific use
rights to reduce license consumption and lower costs
- Detailed usage analysis to optimize license types for
user based licenses (e.g. SAP user based licensing)
- Vendor and application consolidation to maximize
volume discounts and reduce support costs
- License reharvesting of unused/under-used software to
defer new license purchases
- Optimize license counts and application mix for
concurrently licensed applications
• Determine if and how the impact of these strategies is
currently being measured
• Provide specific recommendations for optimizing and
operationalizing the capture of realized value
• Uncover hurdles in software license optimization
deployment that are inhibiting optimal results
• Recommend options to address these hurdles to further
mature software license optimization and heighten the
value realized

3. Software License Optimization Value Realization Service
Project Timeline
The timeline for this engagement is as follows:
Value Realization Engagement 5 days
Support in implementing recommendations would be addressed as an
extension of the engagement
As required
Service Deliverables:
Key deliverables will include the following items:
• Summary of applicable value realization strategies and current value realization reporting gaps
• Summary of obstacles hindering optimization of potential value
• Recommendations for improving the measurement of quantitative and qualitative benefits and the resolution of obstacles to
increase the ROI from software license optimization
Primary Audience
The primary target audience for this service is looking to validate the success of their software license optimization initiative,
and to map these results back to the original business case:
• SAM/ITAM Manager
• Project Sponsor
• Project Lead
Additionally, the Process Owner who is responsible for maintaining the software license optimization capability and
quantifying the actual or projected budgetary impacts will also benefit greatly from this service.
Software License Optimization Services and Solutions
Software spending and license complexity continue to grow and organizations require best practice processes and next
generation tools to gain control of their software estate. Flexera Software’s License Optimization Services provide the data
and insights needed to understand the business value of a SAM and license optimization program, as well as the processes
and roadmaps required for successful implementation. License optimization services provide organizations with an accurate
and optimized view of their license position, enabling them to reduce ongoing cost and risk and accelerate time to value. Our
FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises is the only Software License Optimization product that automates and optimizes license
and contract management processes to reduce software license, maintenance and audit costs, while maintaining
license compliance.

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