Cost Control - Software Licensing

It is a sad fact of life that many businesses do not know how many copies of software that they are using. The business will not know how many software licences that it owns and is unlikely to be planning the expenditure for future licenses. Your company may be underlicensed and using stolen software, as a consequence it could be exposed to legal action and reputational damage. Or your software may be over licensed and you could be wasting money.

We will show you how to identify what software is in use and we can help you establish what licences are in place. Using that information we can show you how to negotiate a more economical software licensing cost. Your staff will be shown how to ensure that better use is made of existing licences. We can show you procedures that will help to ensure that the licensing records remain accurate.

Savings of 40% over list price are not uncommon. When a supplier is asking you to migrate to a new version there are often methods available to reduce costs.

We undertake regular market research to understand the licensing methods of the major suppliers. This can be used to ensure that you get a good deal for your organisation.

We can examine your internal company costing model and make suggestions to reduce your budget by transferring cost to other areas of the business where appropriate. We can back up that process with examples from other organisations.