Open it License Optimizer for monitoring inactive software usage.

1. LicenseOptimizer™
• Free Up Licenses from Inactive Applications
www.licenseoptimizer.com • Deploy Licenses More Efficiently
• Ensure Effective Use of Expensive Software Licenses
• Align Licenses with Business Priorities
Open iT® LicenseOptimizer™
frees up inactive licenses
on Windows, Unix, and
Linux platforms.
How LicenseOptimizer™ Works:
LicenseOptimizer continu-
ously monitors activity levels of
select applications and users,
optimizing their use automati-
cally. When LicenseOptimizer
discovers an application that is
inactive (based on predefined
parameters), the user is noti-
fied. If no response is given, the
application and all its data are
suspended and the license is I/O activity, while for an inter- are not affected by license
returned to the license pool for active application you might recycling.
other users to access. have more focus on mouse and LicenseOptimizer offers an easy
LicenseOptimizer has very keyboard activity. way to optimize license usage
flexible configuration, and can LicenseOptimizer incorporates and encourages best practices
monitor several types of ac- a flexible system for adding without strict enforcement or
tions, such as CPU, I/O, mouse business rules and priorities to conflict-prone supervision.
and keyboard activity. This your license optimization. This Open iT LicenseOptimizer is a
allows you to target various enables extremely powerful and flexible and powerful tool that
types of applications differently. precise license management automates license manage-
For a batch application you controls. In this way, you can ment, freeing up critical busi-
may focus more on CPU and ensure that high priority users ness resources.
Your Benefits:
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This graph shows the daily active license use compared to the total license use. If you pay for license usage work environment
based on max used, elapsed time or similar, you will want to reduce the wasteful inactive time by deploying
LicenseOptimizer to automatically suspend those inactive applications and free up their licenses.

2. Sample LicenseOptimizer Reports
This report shows how LicenseOptimizer automatically released over 300 license This sample report shows users with up to five checked out licenses for the same application!
sessions per week. Prior to using LicenseOptimizer they only freed up 20-30
checked-out yet unused license sessions a week. Usage dropped on weekends
and around the December holidays.
Workflow
1. User warning 2. Application is suspended
When an inactive application is de- If there is no user response, the appli-
tected, the user is notified. The user cation will automatically be suspended,
can interrupt the suspension process, and the license returned back to the
in case the inactivity was unintentional license pool. When the user returns
and the user wants to keep working to continue working, the license is re-
with the application. claimed, and work with the application
and all its data is resumed.
Powerful Reporting Tight Security
Open iT Reporting Server An advanced access control mechanism
A push-based framework for allows secure access to sensitive data
automatic delivery of ad-hoc and throughout all levels of the organization.
predefined reports. Reports are
generated daily, weekly, monthly, Data Masking
quarterly, etc., and can be set up On-the-fly data masking ensures that
with advanced access control and only users with correct permissions are
automatic masking of sensitive allowed to see sensitive data such as
data. Easy-to-use templates and usernames, machine-names etc.
tight integration with Excel allow for
great integration with your existing Data Level Access Control
workflow. Being able to limit access to data based
on e.g. geographical or organizational
position allows you to enable global
Open iT Analysis Server reporting of usage, while still ensuring that e.g. regional managers
An enterprise-grade, analytical tool, have access to data for their own site. Combine this with data
aimed at high-end users and masking to allow one regional manager to see data for his own
organizations with complex site, but only masked data from other sites, for instance.
reporting and analytical needs. The
Analysis Server provides dramatic Flexible Workflow
value for an organization wanting
to better view and manage their Direct Excel integration
business process. All reports can be opened in Excel: just click the Excel button on
By integrating global usage metrics any report.
with financial, repository, human
resources and other data sources, The most powerful ease-of-use
the Analysis Server provides a Work with templates, create your own instant ad-hoc reports, or
streamlined workflow for business set up automatic report distribution with powerful access-control
process management, optimization mechanisms. Reports can also be e-mailed or integrated in an
and reporting across the entire intranet portal and automatically updated.
organization.
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