A large, industrial conglomerate, involved in such diverse activities as oil and gas exploration, fertilizer production and light metals, wanted to assess how its computer resources were being used to better manage its IT expenditures. With a complex IT infrastructure distributed in multiple sites around the globe, getting a system-wide overview of its resource usage patterns and needs seemed a formidable task. Read More.

Annually, Statoil pays for a wide range of software licenses used in exploration, production, project management and many other work applications. Access, training and support are crucial for achieving optimal efficiency in the usage of these applications. Statoil searched for a license administration tool to aid these processes in the company.

An overview was needed, not only of purchased and installed software, but also showing how software was being used: many technical applications were used intensively at times and rarely at others. Accurate software usage analysis was needed to allow Statoil to negotiate flexible license agreements with program vendors. Read More

One of the world’s largest independent energy companies wanted to streamline its software spending while better supporting its user needs. Two years after installing Open iT LicenseAnalyzer as the inventory and usage-metering tool for its software applications, the company garnered a savings of $5 million, and advanced its overall business strategy. Read More

A major integrated energy company developed a winning IT charge-back strategy for its global operations by using Open iT LicenseAnalyzer metering software to coordinate business data with software usage data. The results were a ten-fold ROI measured through license cost savings and significantly reduced staff time after less than six months. Read More