Open iT Software Usage Metering and Optimization, CELUG
1. Open iT Software
Software Usage Metering and Optimization
John Hovda
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OpeniT Product Owner
2. Open iT Company
• Open iT is an independent software vendor present in the Americas, Europe
and Asia.
• Broad customer base spanning multiple industries, with accumulated high
renewal rate of support and maintenance (>95%).
• R&D budget between 20-30% of revenue each year.
• Financially very solid, debt-free. AAA rating from D&B (the highest credit
rating possible from them).
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4. What we do
DEGREE
OF
ANALYSIS
DEPTH OF USAGE DATA
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5. What do we do
DEGREE OF
ANALYSIS
- Start/stop metering
- Feature by feature
- Server by server
DEPTH OF USAGE DATA
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6. What do we do
- Advanced Filtering
- Global Concurrency
- Mapping features to
“products”
- AD/LDAP integration
DEGREE OF
ANALYSIS
- Start/stop metering
- Feature by feature
- Server by server
DEPTH OF USAGE DATA
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7. What do we do
- Advanced Filtering
- Global Concurrency
- Mapping features to
“products”
- AD/LDAP integration
DEGREE OF
ANALYSIS
- Start/stop metering - Executable level
- Feature by feature - DLL level
- Server by server - Active vs. Inactive use
DEPTH OF USAGE DATA
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13. Perceived use compared to Actual use – Hosted
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14. Perceived use compared to Actual use – Hosted
Concurrent license savings
Compare the difference between:
- max total concurrent (272)
- max active concurrent (151)
In this case a difference of 121 licenses
or 121* $50,000 = $6,050,000
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15. Actual use by Individual Users
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16. Fourth Quadrant – What is this for you?
Some efforts by our advanced customers:
• Automated, rules-based recapture of truly inactive
licenses.
• Integrated Chargeback / Cost Allocation.
• Pay-Per-Use, based on actual usage of “price book”
software items (not just “Feature”).
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18. Thank you
WWW.OPENIT.COM
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Notas del editor
Create advanced reports which span data sourcesReports can be delivered via E-mail or to a file share on schedules such as daily, weekly monthly etc.Easy to add calculated and filtered totals for better comparison and data context.Standard MS technology – Broad range of 3rd party extensions/plugins, training classes and consultants.
Create advanced reports which span data sourcesReports can be delivered via E-mail or to a file share on schedules such as daily, weekly monthly etc.Easy to add calculated and filtered totals for better comparison and data context.Standard MS technology – Broad range of 3rd party extensions/plugins, training classes and consultants.
Excel dashboards can be created by exporting a report from the Analysis webpage.