Banking Group
How a Banking Group took control of their Microsoft, Oracle and IBM estate with Certero
The Banking Group is one of largest banks in it’s Asia Pacific country and has been operating continuously in the country since the first office opened in the mid eighteen-hundreds. The modern-day bank employs more than 5,000 people to provide a variety of financial services covering retail, business and institutional banking.
Products purchased
- Certero for Enterprise SAM
- Certero for Oracle
- Certero for IBM
- Subscription to Software Recognition Database
All products work optimally and holistically on Certero’s unified platform.
The Challenge
With more than 9,000 devices and complex infrastructure comprised of virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V and RedHat KVM, the company prioritized a solution which would help it manage its software estate and associated licensing lifecycle management. There were already some utilities in place, so a complementary solution was needed which would protect existing investments and deliver all the benefits of an advanced SAM (Software Asset Management) program at an enterprise level.
The Solution
Given the complex nature of the estate, POCs (Proof of Concept) were conducted covering Certero for Enterprise SAM, Certero for Oracle and Certero for IBM, with the express objective of capturing a complete and accurate inventory of the hardware and software estate. This highlighted several positives including ease of configuration and high levels of automation. At the same time the Certero team impressed with their flexible and responsive approach.
“Certero’s products are easy and quick to deploy. We now have full visibility of all software deployed across all our systems – from desktop to datacenter – with a clear understanding of how it is actually deployed on the underlying infrastructure. ELPs (Effective License Position) can be created in real time and the easy to use reports mean that management information is readily accessible. Improved visibility, knowledge and far less reliability on manual processes puts us in a position of strength – able to optimise licensing, control costs and investment decisions.”
Banking Group
Product features highlighted
- Fast and easy to deploy
- Variety of assets Certero can discover and inventory, especially zLinux
- Simplicity of entering and recording entitlement, especially Oracle
- Accuracy and ease of generating ELPs
- Highly automated, reduced need for manual intervention
- Single, straightforward user interface
- Single data source and finger-tip access to information and reports
