Pathway to Success Software License Optimization

1. Pathway to Success
Pain Points Solutions Flexera Software Product
Application
Readiness
1. Desktop instability
2. Issues when migrating to
new, supported platforms
3. Applications do not
communicate
4. Large, unmanageable
application portfolio
1. Assess compatibility of applications
to standard platforms
2. Increase quality and efficiency
of application packaging
3. Automate deployment and
allow end-user self-service
4. Automate virtual package conversion
and suitability testing
5. Establish workflow for
software packaging
Application virtualization,
application compatibility,
mobile app management and
packaging operations
App Portal
FLEXERA SOFTWARE®
On-demand software delivery
from an enterprise app store
Software
License
Optimization
1. Software license compliance
from point of purchase
2. Software costs
3. Chargebacks to groups,
business units or divisions
4. Unused and under-used
software licenses
5. Software vendor audits and
true-ups
6. Liabilities due to complex
licensing environments
1. Ability to check software requests
against license availability; reserve
licenses; initiate PO process
2. Lower license consumption through
product use rights optimization;
predict future needs based on
trend analysis; Negotiate with
vendors for what application mix
or VPA is really needed
3. Utilize Enterprise Groups to partition
license costs
4. Monitor usage on key applications;
implement an end-user, self-service
catalog to maintain compliance and
optimize usage
5. Establish an accurate license position
that will stand-up to the audit process
6. Optimize license position for complex
environments, such as virtualized
(ex: VMware and Citrix), Oracle,
SAP and IBM
Complete desktop-to-datacenter
software license optimization solution
App Portal
FLEXERA SOFTWARE®
On-demand software delivery
from an enterprise app store
SOLUTION
Pathway to Success
Enterprise Application Readiness License Optimization

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AdminStudio
®
Suite powers an enterprise’s Application
Readiness process, streamlining and accelerating
desktop transformation, migration to Windows 7 and 8,
virtualization of desktop and server applications, mobile
application management and day-to-day application
packaging operations. It removes a major barrier to cloud
adoption by automating the assessment, conversion and
publishing of multiple virtual formats to both physical and
cloud environments.
App Portal
FLEXERA SOFTWARE®
Flexera Software App Portal makes the enterprise online
app store a reality. With this industry-leading solution,
people can request the applications they need from an
easy-to-understand catalog using a Web browser. The
end-to-end fulfillment process runs automatically, gathering
approvals where necessary, enforcing proper licensing,
delivering the software to the user’s computer, verifying
successful installation, maintaining a detailed audit trail and
keeping the user informed of the request status. With App
Portal, IT can empower users to serve themselves while still
maintaining complete control of the request, approval and
fulfillment process.
FlexNet
®
Manager Suite for Enterprises provides a
comprehensive set of products that enable organizations
to manage software applications and optimize licenses for
pervasive desktop and server software. FlexNet Manager
Platform, the foundation of FlexNet Manager Suite for
Enterprises, provides hardware asset management for
desktops, laptops, servers, mobile devices and other
physical assets. It provides software asset management
for enterprises across more than 14,000 publishers and
110,000 applications from desktop to datacenter. Asset
reports provide actionable insight into hardware assets,
software installations, application usage, license compliance
status, upcoming payments, and purchased versus installed
license reconciliation.
The FlexNet Manager Suite consists of the following products:
• FlexNet Manager
®
Platform
• License Management
• FlexNet Manager
®
for Microsoft
®
• FlexNet Manager
®
for Adobe
®
• FlexNet Manager
®
for Symantec
™
• FlexNet Manager
®
for IBM
®
• FlexNet Manager
®
for Oracle
®
• FlexNet Manager
®
for SAP
®
Applications
• FlexNet Manager
®
for Engineering Applications
• Workflow Manager
About Flexera Software
Flexera Software is the leading provider of strategic solutions
for Application Usage Management; solutions delivering
continuous compliance, optimized usage and maximized
value to application producers and their customers. Flexera
Software is trusted by more than 80,000 customers that
depend on our comprehensive solutions – from installation
and licensing, entitlement and compliance management to
application readiness and software license optimization
– to strategically manage application usage and achieve
breakthrough results realized only through the systems-level
approach we provide. For more information, please go to:
www.flexerasoftware.com
Contacts:
Bruce Boettcher
Vice President
Alliances, Global
(847) 466-4245
bboettcher@flexerasoftware.com
George Merrill
Alliance Account
Manager, NAM
(617) 224-3775
gmerrill@flexerasoftware.com
Joe Hegarty,
Alliance Account
Manager, EMEA
+44 7889 722332
jhegarty@flexerasoftware.com
Hugh Darvall
Alliance Account
Manager, APAC
+61 3 9895 2106
hdarvall@flexerasoftware.com