The document summarizes LicenseAnalyzer, a software tool that analyzes software license usage throughout an enterprise. It monitors license usage, generates reports on usage patterns, and identifies opportunities to reduce costs by cutting surplus licenses or better aligning purchases with needs. The tool provides visibility into license usage that helps optimize key areas like support, training, and vendor management.

1. LicenseAnalyzer™
• Accounts for Software Usage throughout Enterprise
www.licenseanalyzer.com
• Reduces Software Costs by Cutting Surplus Licenses & M/S
• Concurrent License Sharing over Time Zones
• Justify New Software Purchases by Documenting Shortages
• Increase User Productivity, Identify Best Practices
Open iT® LicenseAnalyzer™
is an essential tool for managing
your software licenses.
With LicenseAnalyzer you get an
enterprise-wide view of your software
license usage, allowing you to align
purchases and maintenance to user
needs.
By documenting current usage patterns
by location, department, user or project,
you have the information you need to
optimize key areas such as support,
training and vendor management.
With Open iT you can document best
practices and support business process
improvements at a corporate level.
and chargeback billing. Benefits:
How LicenseAnalyzer™ Works: • ollects unalterable data in reports
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used in vendor communications. • lign IT software with your business
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LicenseAnalyzer monitors and reports needs. Reduce expenses.
software license inventory and usage • aps proficiency by monitoring usage
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on the most commonly used license patterns of various user groups, en- • ocument software license compli-
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managers, such as FlexNet, IBM LUM abling targeted support and training. ance.
and Sentinel, running on Linux, Unix and • onitor license denials and document
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Windows platforms. LicenseAnalyzer is a web-based license shortage of software licenses.
monitoring tool providing a complete • ocument best practices and support
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Generate reports showing detailed ap- overview of software usage across all your business process improvements.
plication usage statistics (when, whom, your license servers worldwide. With
• Plan your budget more proactively.
how long) for all software using license simple point-and-click navigation, you
managers. This tool is extremely flexible can explore current software utilization • repare for negotiations with vendors.
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handling different data types, dimensions for applications, hosts, users and license • tructure software license agree-
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and resolutions. features from the Open iT Reporting ments with license sharing across
Server web portal. Easily respond to user time-zones.
• nalyzes software usage over time--
A complaints about denials, and monitor • se pay-per-use agreements with
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giving you an accurate picture of your high demand applications for their cur- software vendors.
usage. rent utilization, with automatic refresh of • onitor technology uptake and un-
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• utomatically produces graphical or
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tabular reports for internal analysis • nalyze skill and workflow patterns.
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• easure and demonstrate ROI of IT
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investments.
• hargeback software costs to each
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business unit.
• acilitate communication between
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business units using objective reports.
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Gain a complete overview of license usage across the
show maximum available enterprise. Discover trends, excess licenses and use
licenses for each feature). LicenseAnalyzer reports to optimize deployment of
expensive license resources and minimize costs.

2. Sample LicenseAnalyzer reports
LicenseAnalyzer provides an interactive view of current license utilization.
This graph shows the aggregate hours for concurrent licenses in use. But the
last few licenses have been used very little, and optimizing software use and
cutting these last licenses could create savings.
This sample report shows the users of a specific application or feature including how
many licenses they have checked out simultaneously. This information allows you to cut
costs by identifying users without a business reason for using multiple licenses.
Powerful Reporting Tight Security
Open iT Reporting Server An advanced access control mechanism
A push-based framework for allows secure access to sensitive data
automatic delivery of ad-hoc and throughout all levels of the organization.
predefined reports. Reports are
generated daily, weekly, monthly, Data Masking
quarterly, etc., and can be set up On-the-fly data masking ensures that
with advanced access control and only users with correct permissions are
automatic masking of sensitive allowed to see sensitive data such as
data. Easy-to-use templates and usernames, machine-names etc.
tight integration with Excel allow for
great integration with your existing Data Level Access Control
workflow. Being able to limit access to data based
on e.g. geographical or organizational
position allows you to enable global
Open iT Analysis Server reporting of usage, while still ensuring that e.g. regional managers
An enterprise-grade, analytical tool, aimed at high-end users have access to data for their own site. Combine this with data
and organizations with complex reporting and analytical masking to allow one regional manager to see data for his own
needs. The Analysis Server provides site, but only masked data from other sites, for instance.
dramatic value for an organization
wanting to better view and manage Flexible Workflow
their business process.
By integrating global usage metrics Direct Excel integration
with financial, repository, human All reports can be opened in Excel: just click the Excel button on
resources and other data sources, any report.
the Analysis Server provides a
streamlined workflow for business The most powerful ease-of-use
process management, optimization Work with templates, create your own instant ad-hoc reports, or
and reporting across the entire set up automatic report distribution with powerful access-control
organization. mechanisms. Reports can also be e-mailed or integrated in an
intranet portal and automatically updated.
Open iT, Inc.
www.openit.com
info@openit.com
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Please refer to owners manual and license documents for detailed functionality. Specifications are subject to change.
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