License Contract Advisory Services

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Organizations must adopt technology to compete in the modern world, but they often procure it under unsuitable licensing agreements that don’t meet their specific requirements

This is where our Commercial Advisory Service (CAS) can help. We’ll work alongside you to explore your options and build an optimized model that fully complements your strategic IT objectives - leaving you in a much better position to support your future business decisions.

License contract advisory services is a service designed to ensure that your technology agreements align with your IT strategy. Using a blend of impartial advice and workshops, our consultants will assess your current situation and future procurement plans, before evaluating the different agreements available and building a better commercial approach to support your strategic aims

SAMworx Contract advisory services is most effective during these scenarios

Why CAS?

Average Savings of 34%

CAS saves our customers over 28 million per annum

Over 90% of CAS customers employ CAS again for their susequent renewal

Targeted support when you need it most

Our CAS team can provide specific advice around Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and SAP. We understand the complex nature of such agreements and can advise on the best commercial approach for whatever you're looking to adopt.

Microsoft

	Improve understanding of the Oracle contract
	Ensure maximum advantage is obtained through the managed use of WinSvr (HUB) and SQLSvr (BYOL) entitlement in Azure
	Identify and mitigate compliance risk introduced via Citrix (or similar) without necessary controls
	Optimal licensing of SQL Server workloads deployed in a virtual environment
	Obtain full advantage of development rights and avoid compliance risks
	Explain how to license Microsoft workloads in non-Microsoft public cloud environments i.e. AWS and GCP
	Help you understand and implement power automate (AI & RPA) licensing optimally

IBM

	Manage Sun-Capacity Licensing with the IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT)
	Simplify Cloud Pak and Hybrid Licensing
	Clarify Licensing Metric Changes and their impact on your current deployments or usage
	Track compliance for spatiality IBM solutions

Oracle

	Manage licensing for Oracle products deployed in virtualized environment
	Support around unplanned deployment and/or use of premium options of management packs
	Clarify interpretation of the named user plus metric and the minimums required of different products
	Support around restricted use licenses allocated to non-compliant workloads
	Match support rules to the actual deployments within an estate
	MClarify changes in Licensing terms i.e. Java is now a commercial, managed product for many deployments

SAP

	Support around role governance and overprovision
	Clarify SAP HANA runtime licensing & compliance
	SAP S/4HANA cloud migration planning
	Simplify licensing indirect access and the digital access program
	Support for outdated SAP Contract Terms

Optimize software licenses usage and renewal – M365 & Azure

Cloud consumption costs are dynamic and unpredictable. Few organisations know how to manage such costs and they often end up overspending. Bytes Cloud Investment Management Service (CIMS) gives your organisation the power to control cloud spend. With its game-changing approach to analysis and monitoring, CIMS offers unrivalled cost reduction and investment management opportunities.

How do we do this?

We use algorithms developed by our R&D team & SAMWORX Cloud Optimization Licensing Consultant, combined with our in-depth knowledge of publisher techniques (pricing, contracts, benchmarks, negotiation tactics, calculation rules, etc.), to provide you with powerful optimization levers.

Based on an analysis of your existing situation and future needs, we identify ways of optimizing spending by using both internal customer levers (choice of products, control of usage, choice of equipment, allocation of licenses) and market levers (negotiation, retendering of contracts).

Our Approach

Optimize software licenses and SaaS usage

SAMWORX provides expertise in software license and expense optimization.

Our expertise allows us to quickly identify the main areas of risk or opportunity related to software licenses. The breadth of our expertise, both technically and in terms of purchasing and contracts, allows us to offer our customers a wide range of assistance with optimizing software licenses, usage and spending.

Diagnosis of spending and identification of optimization opportunities

We can support you, through short-term pragmatic services, in diagnosing your software and SaaS expenses and identifying areas of optimization and associated levers.

Deliverable :

Diagnosis and identification of opportunities and optimization levers

Implementation of a tailor-made optimization plan

Depending on the areas of optimization identified, we help our clients execute the license optimization plan by using various levers. For example:

	Product optimization: downgrade or product change proposals aimed at reducing purchases related to new projects, filling compliance gaps by using an inferior product, or modifying the existing estate.
	Usage optimization: identification of products that are installed but not used, and recommendation of packages adapted to real usage; identification of licenses and maintenance contracts that can be terminated or used to cover an ad-hoc requirement or a new need; clearing of inactive accounts; identification of indirect or multiple usage.
	Technical optimization: analysis of servers and applications that have a strong impact on the number of licenses required, according to their size (CPU, core, number of users) or characteristics (virtualization, clusters, etc.). Analysis of additional costs and proposals for changes.
	License allocation optimization: recommendation of a new distribution of licenses, to reduce the number of licenses required or reduce the need for new licenses. SAMWORX has developed its own tools to determine the optimal allocation of licenses for the most complex and expensive products (Oracle databases, virtualized VMware, Windows Server, and SQL Server environments, SAP usage, IBM PVU products, etc.)
	Contract optimization: recommendations to convert licenses or metrics in order to reduce non-compliance, reduce purchases of new licenses, simplify estate management, cancel and replace, and terminate maintenance.

Accounting optimization: getting the most out of software assets on the balance sheet.

Deliverable :

Detailed optimization plan, adapted to the customer’s priorities. If possible, support for implementation, and valuation of savings made (OPEX / CAPEX, Cash savings / avoided costs, etc.)

Optimising every part of your cloud estate

Monitor Cloud Spend

	Visualize data in consolidated & customer views
	Track usage & cost trends
	Detect spend anomalies & usage inefficiencies
	Forecast future spend based on historical data

Drive Organizational Accountability

	Allocate usage & costs to business units and departments
	Produce charge back and show back reports
	Allows teams to access data and insights
	Alert stakeholders to spending anomalies & overspending risks

Optimize Cloud Efficiency

	Increase resource utilization with virtual machine right-sizing
	Eliminate idle resources
	Improve reserved instances management
	Remove or reassign used subscriptions

Future-Proof commercials & contracts

	Understand costs for different Azure and 365 levels/agreements
	Make clear cost comparisons with alternative cloud options
	Gain the best discounts for your entire Microsoft estate and licensing agreements

Global Delivery Center

SAMWORX Global LLP
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