Being properly licensed is becoming increasingly important to businesses and organizations today. Purchasing the correct license from the correct programme is a unique challenge faced by IT directors and procurement officers, and the consequences of getting this wrong can be substantial. Guidance in the procurement process is commonly sought from software suppliers to manage exposure to the risk of either being over licensed, under licensed or incorrectly licensed. We provide the structure within which correct license purchases can be made, any time and without needing to wait for the manual quoting process. Whilst our expertise is still available to all clients when required, we offer an alternative autonomous procurement option when this is more suitable. Software assets are valuable business assets.Take a proactive approach to software services through our full—services methodology. Software asset management—improved cost control, better protection against risk and streamlined processes. These are just some of the advantages that an effective software asset management strategy can offer your business. Let us show you how.

We make software licensing procurement easy. Through the understanding that the growing complexity of software licensing brings your procurement team new challenges. To simplify the buying process and ensure you always get it right, we offer comprehensive licensing procurement and contract management functionality via a custom—built portal. At no cost to you, this portal not only helps reduce your procurement costs, it also guarantees the quality of purchases against your organization’s procurement directives and rules. It does this by making available only the appropriate software licenses for your organization, ensuring a consistent infrastructure. Application services—learn how we can help you develop an application strategy that’s adaptive to your evolving business needs and inclusive of licensing requirements. Software licensing procurement and contract management—we offer comprehensive licensing procurement and contract management functionality through our licensing procurement platform. This system can be integrated with your existing procurement or ERP systems, allowing you to complete your entire quote to order process through one portal, at any time.

Full Service Software licensing

Without in—house experts who have in—depth knowledge of software licensing best practices and compliance, it’s difficult to maximize the value of your software investments. It can potentially drain time and resources as a result of complex procurement procedures for ordering and renewals, inaccessible pricing information, inflexible reporting methods, and multiple contracts with different software vendors. Full service software licensing—we offer a full services approach to licensing. We combine our expertise on licensing agreements, product usage rights and licensing contracts with our system integration capabilities. Activities include advisory services regarding the structuring of long—term enterprise licensing agreements, assessment services, which uncover opportunities to optimize your licensing approach to both annualized and subscription licensing models, ongoing management of your environment, within the framework of your agreements, online procurement and renewals management, planning services for migration to new software releases, and technical training for end users.

Software Licensing Services

Obtain licensing guidance for a wide range of software vendors. We ensure you negotiate the most cost—effective and flexible licensing agreements. We manage exposure to the risk of either being over licensed, under licensed or incorrectly licensed.The business benefits of software e—procurement through the portal are manifold; from managing spend to standardizing corporate buying practices. It cuts cost, reduces risk and improves strategic agility. More specifically, it can help you to; Analyze—increase your visibility into the procurement process. The portal’s comprehensive reporting capabilities (available 24/7) allow you to analyze and track spend—enabling you to make smarter business decisions and vendor price negotiations. Collaborate—quote generation can be handled collaboratively, with our procurement experts lending their assistance when, how and where you require them. Realize the convenience and flexibility of an online system along with the knowledge and peace of mind that come from working with our product, service, shipping and delivery experts.

Features And Benefits

Connect with top IT vendors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including real—time product configuration. Get access to your negotiated pricing for both products and services. Manage—take control of your procurement process. Manage IT spend and streamline purchasing via pre-configured bundles and templates; or apply and automate internal workflow and approval processes. The portal’s integrated workflow engine offers unprecedented flexibility and the capacity to adapt to your existing processes. Source  IT products and services the way you want—handling everything yourself (self—service) or in collaboration with us (full service). Transact in local languages and currencies, add pro—rated maintenance to a contract’s common end date, and create and receive accurate quotes based on your contracted rates, service level agreements and local business rules. Our software advisory services, enable you to quickly and efficiently gain an understanding of your current software license position. Our licensing service ensures you make the right licensing decisions.