Webinar: Increase technology Uptake with Software Usage Metering Tools
Burlington Resources Customer Success Story
1. CASE STUDY
FORTUNE 500 COMPANY USED OPEN IT SOFTWARE TO
SAVE OVER $5 MILLION
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.
SOLUTION OVERVIEW
Customer Profile
The customer is one of the
world’s largest independent en-
ergy companies. In 2002 they
earned an 18 percent return on
capital employed.
Business Situation
The customer goal was to
implement a solution for cost
management within software
license management. The cus-
tomer also wanted assurance
of real value from the money
spent on software applications.
They needed a tool to report on
Business Overview software usage.
As one of the world’s leading producers of oil and gas, the company
has operations established throughout North America, Europe, North
Africa, the Far East and Latin America. It employs over 2,000 people Solution
worldwide, and relies heavily on G&G (geological and geophysical) soft- Open iT® LicenseAnalyzer™
ware to support its production activities.
Benefits
Business Challenge With the Open iT license man-
With over 200 high-end users of crucial technical and business soft- agement solution the company
ware in a variety of locations, the customer’s Technology Enhancement found a powerful reporting tool
Manager and IT department faced a formidable task appropriating re- in-house – a window to all their
sources to meet user needs while keeping costs in check. Further, it application usage by feature,
became increasingly important for business managers to accurately by location, by user and over
prioritize IT resource spending to match defined user groups with a view time – total usage, maximum
to advance larger business goals. simultaneous usage and the
number of denials – profiling
The Managers had four software application categories that they want- each application and each
ed to monitor. The “core” software applications were used by everybody user-group.
in all locations; and the “extended core,” were more function-specific,
and used in fewer locations. For these, managers wanted to know how
many applications were needed each year, and what flexibility could Scenarios
be built into vendor agreements to best support usage patterns. The Software Management
“specialty,” applications were used by a small group for a short period Asset Management
each year, and if properly managed, could be leased on a monthly basis IT Charge-Back
to get the highest value at the lowest cost. Lastly, the “data” applica- Service Management
tions provided critical data throughout the company. Without specific Project Management
user information for each of these groups, accurate planning was very Skill Analysis
difficult. New purchases and upgrades were simply based on estimated Work Flow Analysis
headcounts of concurrent users at each location, and there was no way Overall Cost Management
of knowing how frequently each application was utilized.