OpenLM--Software License Management (SLM)

Improving license availability

Our software provides all the essential engineering, specialty software license tracking capabilities and reports you need. You can optimize your software inventory. We help you to stretch those expensive software licenses to their limit.

 

OpenLM Software Management Tool

Our software licensing management tool reports on actual usage and helps you identify unused or rarely used software. Our new customers find lots of savings right away, at least 15%.

· Live streaming license usage data

· Statistical reporting on historical data

· Consolidated licensing system

· Option of using OpenLM Extensions

· Aggregations for chargeback billing

· License utilization predictions

 

Features

Harvest idle licenses automatically in alignment with your internal software policy.

License Manager Support

· Handles all license models including network (floating), node-locked, GPU (Nvidia), cloud and token (including Autodesk token-flex) and hybrid variations.

· Works with a wide range of license managers including Flexera, DSLS, Reprise and Sentinel RMS.

· This includes all the major hardware licenses from Sentinel, Flexera and Wibu

· Now supporting widely-used cloud licenses Office 365, Autodesk Cloud and ESRI Online

· 1 Second accurate usage data for most license managers

· Supports WAN and LAN networks over multiple timezones

 

Monitoring & Reporting

· Manage and monitor all your licenses directly through our easy-to-use graphic interface.

· Concurrent monitoring of multiple license servers on multiple time zones.

· Monitor hybrid situations, such as both online and offline licenses, software or hardware-based and cloud mixed with on-premise

· A single common report format for all your licensed software, covering activity, usage and accurate “True Denials”, with options such as heat maps and pie charts.

· Ability to schedule reports and send them by email (via Reports Scheduler)

· Chargeback cost centers – group and project billing.

· Timely reporting up to per-second and next day for token and other arrears-based models.

 

Costs and Billing

· Buy only the licenses you need, based on accurate reporting on peak usage

· Identify and eliminate shelfware

· Avoid costs incurred for features you don’t use

· Accurate billing based on usage, enabling chargebacks to projects and departments

· Get a precise view of the licenses you require for your next renewal

· Identify the costs and benefits of keeping licenses on-premise or migrating to cloud

· There are no additional costs to incur when installing and configuring OpenLM, no consultants or coding required

 

Architecture and Infrastructure

· Our easy setup and configuration can be done without any additional support, but it is there if you need it

· OpenLM is compatible with license managers running on Unix, Linux, MacOS, and Windows Operating systems

· Browser user interface compatible with all leading browsers

· Supports all major privacy regulation (German Privacy Act and GDPR)

· OpenLM comes with its own built-in database, but also supports external databases of your choice

· We have a built-in sophisticated alerting system that allows you to detect and handle issues before your engineers even notice them

· OpenLM supports automated License server recovery

· The OpenLM API allows you to build your own GUI or integrate OpenLM information into any other application

· Use OpenLM data in your own systems for querying and reporting

 

Compliance

· Maintain an accurate and objective history of license and token usage based on our reports, which are written from your viewpoint, rather than the vendor’s opinion

· Prove your point when the vendor’s license management software is out of sync with your actual usage

· Face the new challenges of license compliance in the cloud environment

· OpenLM is GDPR-compliant, and conforms to the BDSG

 

Optimization and Productivity

· Automated license harvesting, executed in accordance with your unique software policies and business rules. See License harvesting for engineering applications.

· License availability notification for end users

· Collects actual usage data for end users (optional)

 

License Entitlement and Allocation

· Automatic and dynamic allocation/revocation of access based on directory groups

· Directory (LDAP) synchronization of user & groups with ActiveX

· Role-based access permission to OpenLM interfaces

· Proactive enforcement of usage policies, such as BYOD and BYOS

 

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Benefits

Check out how OpenLM can help you solve your license management daily challenges.

IT Manager

· Know what you have: License inventory

· Charge projects or business units for software usage time

· Cut costs by dropping maintenance for licenses that are no longer in use

· Plan license maintenance and procurement of expensive licenses

· You will have accurate software usage information to report to management and make informed decisions

 

License Administrator

· Real time usage management and troubleshooting

· Extract license usage statistics information and patterns

· Harvest idle licenses either automatically or manually, optimizing license utilization

· Roles and Permissions: Restrict license usage according to user permissions you define

· You will have accurate software usage information that you can use to get better deals with software vendors

 

End User

· Have better license availability

· Get informed about the status of denied licenses, and receive a notification when a license becomes available

· Will know who is using the license they need, and are presented with that person’s contact details

· License unavailability periods are minimized and license utilization is improved

 

Project Manager

· GIS managers and CAD/CAM managers

· You will ensure that your team gets the software resources it needs to get the job done without delays

 

Analyst / Economist

· You will be able to identify unjustified expenses on software that is not used

· Distribute costs and better allocate your budgets