Open iT LicenseAnalyzer – part of Open iT Software – is the tool that provided Statoil with the billing flexibility they were looking for and many of their applications are now paid for based on actual usage. Open iT LicenseAnalyzer monitors the company’s software usage continually and stores statistics in a secure database, preventing the data from being manipulated.

Measurements taken from all of Statoil’s offices are stored in signed and encrypted read-only logs. The logs are then aggregated in reports and delivered to software vendors who use the reports for billing for actual software usage.

Additionally, Statoil has realized significant savings by canceling maintenance agreements and discontinuing excess licenses for software no longer in use.

Statoil has an important goal: to build up a solid support apparatus for employees using software. They have organized work groups according to different processes used and have delegated responsibility for application training and integration to each process group manager. Open iT LicenseAnalyzer, through reports showing how the same software is used by different users, has helped these managers identify which users need the most support and training. This information allows them to focus their efforts where they are needed most, enabling them to see the needs of previously more invisible users as well as the more demanding ones. Balancing users’ competing needs helps managers ensure the overall success of the application implementation process.

Furthermore, Open iT LicenseAnalyzer reports help managers constantly measure their progress and evaluate and update their plans.

«Many gains have been made by shifting from manual, ad-hoc ways of gathering software usage information, to making continual user measurements with the help of Open iT Software. Being able to see how different departments and disciplines use software better enables the transfer of information and experience between these groups, and makes it clear where software usage is inadequate. Open iT LicenseAnalyzer has made it possible for us to focus user support on areas where it has greatest effect.»

Terje Flaten
Specialist Consultant TEC PE L&U
Statoil