IT Software Metering

The power of Metering: maximize the performance of your business

IT Software Metering is the name of an innovative and intelligent solution that allows for metering the utilizaion of each software program across the IT infrastructure. This tool provides users with comprehensive reporting capabilities as to statistics on software utilization across the organization.

This InvGate IT Management functionality enables the complete and detailed inventory on all software assets on the network. With InvGate IT Software Metering, it is possible for example, to know data including number of users of a software program, frequency of use, start and stop time, idle time and peak usage. In this way, it is possible to have an overall view of the number of hours used and unused of any given software program.

Metering guarantees maximization, as IT Software Metering-generated reports simplify and streamline IT initiatives by providing current relevant data to give you the details you need to manage your systems and IT business relationships effectively. Thus, IT Software Metering is a powerful tool when it comes to IT business decision-making regarding software purchase and renewal. For example, cost-cutting in license renewal can be really significant when it comes to software that is under-utilized or directly unused.

Meter the benefits and decide:

• Dynamic “best-fit” reconciliation of licenses against installed software, to determine whether there is over or under-licensing.
• Spotting of unused or underutilized concurrent licenses, to ensure the organization only pays for the software and support they really need, thus avoiding the high price of mismanaging licenses.
• Metering and control of Windows Terminal Server software use and Citrix environments.