Certero’s ELP and Optimization Service quickly brings clarity and control to software licensing with expert support.
It’s utilizing the very best, automated ITAM & SAM technology within a direct services framework to provide a complete, unified service capable of delivering unprecedented business value and real-time data insights.
When creating an Effective License Position (ELP), the completeness and quality of the inventory data is critical. You can’t manage what you can’t see, and you can’t optimize software deployments you don’t fully understand. That’s why at Certero, we only use our own advanced discovery and inventory solution to ensure fundamental data quality and accuracy.
By utilizing the Certero Platform, we can drastically reduce deployment time, sustain an accurate and live inventory of your entire IT infrastructure, and automate complex processes like software recognition and the reconciliation of license entitlements to deployed software in real-time. This modern approach improves consistency and accuracy in our results and frees-up SAM experts’ time to use the intelligence to make faster, better decisions and strategic recommendations to mitigate risk, reduce cost, and deliver greater business value.
As Certero experts help to gain control and establish a mature SAM process around the automated Certero Unified Platform, you can choose to sustain this value and continue the SAM journey beyond the initial engagement. You have the option to simply sign-up to the Certero solution which will be fully configured to your organization, populated with your data and reporting insights, ready for an in-house team to pick up and run.
Going beyond contractual compliance, Certero highlights and explores all possible cost-saving optimization opportunities, providing a strategic roadmap to maximize the value of your software investments. Here’s what’s included within the ELP and Software Optimization Service:
Many SAM Service providers are also in business to re-sell software licenses, presenting a commercial conflict of interest when you need to atone for any licensing short-fall they have identified for you. Similarly, many SAM Service providers are employed by the software vendors to undertake audit or ‘baselining’ activity on their behalf.
Certero’s independence means that we have absolutely no commercial interests to sell you licenses or share information with 3rd parties – it’s just not part of our business model. So, you can have peace of mind that our license management experts have only your best interests at heart and are only incentivized to save you money wherever possible.
Engaging with Certero’s project management team is a clear and simple experience from start to finish – we provide both the technology and expertise directly, meaning we’re singularly accountable for delivering value and will walk you through our findings. Throughout the ELP and Software Optimization, Certero will:
A secure SaaS instance of the Certero Unified Platform takes just a couple of hours, thanks to our architectural advantage – making the process of solution implementation to value delivery much shorter than has ever been possible.
Ensure there are no gaps using agent or agent-less inventory, as preferred. Certero captures a complete, centralized view of your infrastructure and how software is deployed, whether on-premises, in cloud environments, or hybrid.
Collate, cleanse, and verify license entitlement data you provide for the specific vendor(s) in scope and import it into the Certero Unified Platform. This can be copies of your licenses and contract, documentation from vendor portals, or transactional data from resellers.
Leveraging Certero’s Software Recognition Database, we accurately identify your discovered software into meaningful products, versions, and editions. This complex process transforms raw software inventory data into actionable intelligence about application usage and licensing.
We will provide you with an ELP and Optimization report including the value of potential cost-reductions, that you can take away and share with key business stakeholders. The service concludes with documenting your position and next steps so you will know exactly what actions to take to improve your software licensing.
We’ll explain your compliance risks and the mitigation steps you can take, as well as any potential optimization opportunities and financial benefits. Through the Certero Unified Platform, we can drill-down into reports and walk you through the details of cost-reducing recommendations.
Certero helps you manage major vendor risks without needing in-house expertise. You’ll gain a clear view of your risk and cost-saving opportunities.
Your team can focus on other priorities while we keep your ELP data current and accurate, not months out of date. This supports better decisions across teams like finance, operations, and security.
Our service is flexible and grows with you. After setup, you can add products, services, or upgrade to a managed SAM service without starting again.
We’re a trusted partner, certified to ISO27001 for your peace of mind. And with a proven, friendly approach, we work as part of your team.
Customers consistently rate Certero higher than any other major SAM vendor on Gartner Peer Insights.
Anybody who needs to know about your deployed software, license compliance and risks.
Because SAM touches so many areas of a business, our experience has shown that insight from your internal SAM team is hugely beneficial to other functions such as Security, Service Desk, Finance and Procurement.
The reports provided to you can be easily shared, adding broader value across your organization and supporting collaboration. By removing barriers to information, Certero helps to unify understanding of your IT estate across business functions.
For customers who already have the Certero Unified Platform in place, enlisting the help of Certero licensing expertise under a tactical ELP & Optimization Service provides even greater long-term value, as we’ll use your Certero instance to perform the work.
That means that after the report is complete you’ll still have a fully populated, verified and configured SAM solution that you can simply maintain by adding-in new software purchases moving forward. You’ll have the longer-term strategic benefit of seeing the impact that your recommended optimization actions have on your licensing position as changes are made.
With experts in all major software vendors, Certero is here to support you throughout your software asset management journey. So, why opt for anything less?
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