openit software usage metering brochure

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world leader in software usage metering


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IMPROVE BUSINESS AND PRODUCTIVITY

Getting a better view of how your costly IT resourcesare being used throughout the organization willhelp you to make better decisions, develop accuratebudgets, reduce bottlenecks and improve efficiency.

OpeniTs software solution is the most flexible and powerfulusage metering solution available, and is currently deployed atmore than 30 Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

Harvest unused licenses

Align IT with business needs

Enable chargeback

Improve user productivity

Stay compliant


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OpeniT is a unique, advanced metering and reporting solution thatsupports true global software usage metering across any site, location,

business unit, country or time zone, including accurate concurrent viewsof shared licenses.

View usage across several sites, or use your Active Directory, LDAP orSAP information to report on any combination of usergroups, suchas country, division, location, business unit, cost center or project. Doyou have LDAP for your UNIX users and AD for Windows users? - Noproblem. We synchronize data from several sources as needed. With

OpeniT, its finally easy to get a complete overview of your globalsoftware usage.

GLOBAL USAGE - A CENTRALIZED VIEW

Track usage across all sites, locations and platforms,

including node-locked, standalone and web applica-

tions, as well as license managers such as FLEXlm/

FLEXnet, IBM LUM, Sentinel/Abaqus/Elan and RLM


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Centralized view of all license servers

With OpeniT you can get a complete view of all your license servers.View detailed and accurate usage statistics across any combination oflocal or global license servers, in any location, time zone or even remoteoffices. We also support offline usage (borrowing/commuting).

Supports common license managers FLEXlm/FLEXnet

IBM LUM Sentinel/Abaqus/Elan RLMSupport for other license managers can be added on request.

Easy Implementation An agent on the license server tracks usage from multiple sources to

ensure the highest accuracy of data Native support for triplets/triads/redundant license servers Native support for multiple locations and time zones Metering across all vendors, products and features Combine data from Windows, UNIX and Linux platforms

LICENSE MANAGERS


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STANDALONE OR WEB APPLICATIONS

Applications without license managers

Dont leave important tools out of the picture. With OpeniT its easy toinclude node-locked, dongle-based or other applications that do not usea common license manager. Combine information from UNIX, Linux andWindows platforms, and view usage across the entire organization in acentralized view.

Web-based applications

OpeniT includes the ability to track applications that run in a webbrowser. By being able to track such applications from the client side,you can include usage tracking of tools that you otherwise would not beable to view.

Flexible Configuration No need for wrappers OpeniT software gathers much more advanced

and detailed usage information through its own data collectors Metering can be done for:

All applications and processes for every user, and/or Selected applications for particular users and/or groups

Windows, UNIX, Linux, servers, workstations and laptops


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Uncover wasted usage of software

A surprisingly high percentage of software usage is wasted, accordingto our data. Several scenarios are common: users are away from theirdesks, applications are left open overnight or users check out everyapplication in the morning just in case. With OpeniT you can trackthis type of usage and plan accordingly.

Track active and inactive usage of software

Advanced metering of activity for selected applications Flexible configuration allows you to define activity levels and policies Windows, UNIX, Linux, servers, workstations and laptops

AUTOMATIC RELEASE OF

IDLE/UNUSED LICENSES

Discover applications that are not being actively used, based on theirunique CPU, I/O, mouse or keyboard activity levels. Set up policiesand priorities, and automatically release licenses back to the licenseserver to avoid unproductive use of software licenses.

ACTIVE AND INACTIVE USAGE OF SOFTWARE


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Automatically release unused licenses

OpeniT has tools to track unproductive license usage, and canautomatically release such idle licenses to reduce your cost, whilepreserving data and improving user efficiency.

Optimize license managementInactive licenses are automatically detected. Removing the uncertaintyof manual license management, you are assured that you always use

critical licenses efficiently.Thresholds and trigger points, as well as policies and rules can bedefined individually for each application or feature you want to optimize.

User friendlyThe user can be given notice and a chance to respond before any actionis taken. If there is no response, the defined action is applied, such asthe application being automatically suspended. No angry e-mails, noyelling over the phone users know that critical applications are notbeing used wastefully by anyone else.

All data is preservedThe license is removed while the application is in a sleeping state.

This prevents the application from self-terminating. When the userreturns, he can simply click resume and continue from where he leftoff, without any loss of data.

LICENSE HARVESTING


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Integration with LDAP, Active Directory, SAP

Some basic tools allow you to view usage solely by usernames. Not sowith OpeniT.

Add any information you want to the reports. Do you want to see theusers full name, e-mail address and manager? No problem groupusers into cost groups or business units or maybe group machines intohost groups. All information is updated automatically and stored withthe data to preserve history.

ACTIVE DIRECTORY, SAP, LDAP

FLEXIBLE GROUPING

Group users and computers into any combination of business units,locations, departments, cost centers etc. Groups are convenientlysynchronized with your Active Directory, LDAP, SAP or similar userinformation databases.

If you like, you can also create custom groups within OpeniT.


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CHARGEBACK / PAY-PER-USE

Advanced chargeback

With OpenIT, you can charge back to internal users, groups,departments and business units for use of software based on actualusage.

Flexible pay-per-useEnter pay-per-use agreements with your software vendor to pay forsoftware based on actual usage.

All reports can be fitted with real costs for any combination of individualfeatures, applications, or even executables. Apply cost factors to anyusage measurement in order to present real cost figures in your reports.

COST SHARING MADE EASY

Distributing costs and accurately charging each department orbusiness unit for their use of software licenses is easily accomplishedwith OpeniT!


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OpeniT Reporting Server

A push-based framework for automaticdelivery of ad-hoc and pre-defined reports.Reports are generated daily, weekly, monthly,quarterly, etc., and can be set up withadvanced access control and automaticmasking of sensitive data.

Direct Excel integrationAll reports can be opened in Excel: just clickthe Excel button on any report.

The most powerful ease-of-useWork with templates, create your own instant ad-hoc reports, orset up automatic report distribution with powerful access-control

mechanisms. Reports can also be e-mailed or integrated in an intranetportal and automatically updated.

Report usage by department, group or locationRun reports for any level of your organization, from reporting ona single user to the entire organization as well as everything inbetween.

OpeniT Analysis ServerAn enterprise-grade, analytical tool, aimed at high-end users andorganizations with complex reporting and analytical needs.The Analysis Server provides dramatic value foran organization wanting to better view and

manage their business process.By integrating global usage metrics withfinancial, repository, human resources andother data sources, the Analysis Serverprovides a streamlined workflow for businessprocess management, optimization and

reporting across the entire organization.

FLEXIBLE AND POWERFUL REPORTING


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