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You lack the data you need to defend an audit or successfully negotiate a contract.
You purchase cloud and software contracts based on guesses and gut feelings of what you need.
You are not sure if you are buying too few licenses and are at risk of compliance audits or if you have bought too many licenses.
You’re afraid to negotiate with your vendors because you don’t have the information you need.
Are you making the most of your Microsoft 365 licensing? With SLIM 360 from MetrixData 360, you can ensure that your organization utilizes its licenses effectively and efficiently.
“When we signed the EA we listened to what our Microsoft and reseller Reps told us we should buy. We never should have. We over-paid for 3 years. Money we will never get back. I was shocked when I saw the results. Almost 400 users that never used Office 365 at all. We thought everyone used email, but when we investigated we were shocked. Our field service reps never used a single Office 365 service. We were able to change the license we bought for them and save significant money.”
CIO of Fortune 500 Company
“If you asked me again, I’m still not sure I’d believe it. 1000 Users not using at least email! It was true, we had the data needed to investigate it. I was shocked to find not only Accounts that were not active or even humans that had licenses but that we also had a large population of employees in our distribution centers that didn’t even use a single Office 365 service”
IT Procurement Director
“Amazing is all I can say. With a few minutes’ effort to download reports out of our tenant, we received useful data that helped us find waste and reduced our costs by over $2M annually. We couldn’t have done this by ourselves.”
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Mike Austin is the founder of MetrixData 360 and an expert in software and cloud cost optimization. Over the course of a decade, he gained extensive experience in the software industry, where he negotiated contracts worth billions and earned numerous sales awards. He also played a key role in developing licensing programs and global sales strategies.
In 2008, during a challenging economic climate, Mike noticed a disconnect between his personal values and the industry practices, as customers struggled to cut costs and retain employees. This motivated him to assist clients in acquiring software at reasonable prices.
Recognizing a gap in the market for tools that provided critical data to help clients negotiate better deals, Mike developed SLIM 360. This Software Licensing Intelligence Manager empowers customers with the comprehensive data and insights needed to optimize software licensing and reduce costs effectively.
Take, for example, Mrs. G, a Procurement Professional with a large Healthcare Organization that we recently helped. She was asked to work on a contract renewal with a CRM software vendor that was valued at a whopping $2.6M.
After realizing this contract was looking slightly inflated, Mrs. G had a bad feeling about simply handing over the company credit card to this vendor. Before we helped her, she didn’t feel like she had the data to make proper decisions. But after, by bringing in the right team, she was able to shave over a million dollars off her contract renewal.
Our learning center is regularly updated to bring you the absolute best information necessary to build your own Software Asset Management program. Get industry updates, insights into the software market, and usable information you can implement in your own Software Management strategies.
Organizations can follow several best practices to optimize their IBM software licenses. One fundamental approach is to monitor and manage software usage continually. This helps organizations identify over-licensing and under-licensing and make necessary adjustments.
A Fortune 100 company found itself in a costly situation after signing a software contract for $1.8M a year and licenses for 8,500 users. The vendor offered an excellent unit price. The company measured the deal’s value based on the discount they received and built a business case showing that they were saving multi-millions by buying upfront.
Do you feel like you are likely giving Microsoft more money than you need to for your Office 365 or Microsoft 365 licenses? Feeling confused about how they bundle products and what features and functions your users are actually using?
If you are in the process of acquiring an Oracle license, it’s important to understand what will be audited and what is expected of you. Oracle license audits carefully review your provisioning, deployment, usage, and configuration data to ensure compliance with licensing requirements. You should be aware that the audit covered the past 12 months, so all systems need to be licensed correctly and kept up-to-date on an ongoing basis. Any discrepancies found must also be addressed as part of the audit process.
Software normalization and categorization sound like quite an intimidating process, the kind of thing you probably need a couple of bachelor’s degrees for. Since you’re never too old to stop learning, today we’re going to demystify some of the more intimidating elements...
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