Management was aware that accurate and comprehensive knowledge of IT and usage patterns could potentially yield enormous savings in software alone. One known area of widespread costs was in database software. Worldwide, the company had approx. 30 different license agreements with their database suppliers. These agreements were based upon estimated usage, while actual user statistics remained unknown.

Open iT Software was purchased to measure a variety of IT system statistics, with the Open iT LicenseAnalyzer module applied to documenting its company-wide software license usage. Upon viewing the license usage reports, the company quickly discovered that its maximum number of simultaneous database service users was significantly lower than had been estimated and paid for. With this knowledge, the company was able to match software license purchases to actual need and reduce license costs by 30%. Additionally, with a better understanding of software user trends throughout the organization, the company was able to save more money by consolidating software license purchases and benefit from enterprise discounts.

• Identifies application users and distributes licenses to the users who need them
• Measures usage continually, so trends can easily be seen
• Counts the user once, regardless of whether he/she is using more than one application at a time
• Provided by an independent vendor
• Stores measurements as signed, encrypted, read-only logs, preventing data manipulation