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	Fortune 500 Bank Automates Software Licensing and Delivery Across 60,000 Seats

Fortune 500 Bank Automates Software Licensing and Delivery Across 60,000 Seats

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries	Finance & Insurance
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Procurement
Services	System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	Software was a challenging topic for this bank: it was plagued by software license sprawl, software audits, enterprise agreement renegotiations and manual processes. It wanted to address software compliance and usage for its top vendors as a matter of urgency to halt spiraling costs. The bank’s software asset inventory featured some major gaps – resulting in a need for many hours of costly consultant hours. The data harvesting procedure was labor intensive, unsustainable and inefficient. What the bank needed was a single, centralized portal featuring an automated approval process that would empower end users and integrate seamlessly with third party ticketing systems. Read More
About Customer	This Fortune 500 bank was experiencing major challenges with its software asset management. With huge pressure on its IT team to deal with software sprawl and audits. It came to 1E looking to automate its software delivery and limit its enterprise agreement negotiations and audits – and ended up revolutionizing its entire software lifecycle. The bank is a large financial institution with a significant number of employees and a vast IT infrastructure. It faced issues related to software license sprawl, software audits, and manual processes, which were both time-consuming and costly. The bank needed a solution that could streamline its software asset management, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. Read More
Solution	The bank purchased 60,000 seats of 1E AppClarity and Shopping and completed implementation at the end of 2014. The Adobe reclamation production pilot was successful and the bank started its second reclamation production pilot on Attachmate in early 2015. Shopping has been successfully implemented and will be rolled out to end users throughout 2015. The solution provided by 1E included the deployment of AppClarity and Shopping, which automated the software lifecycle from procurement to retirement. This automation allowed the bank to gain total visibility into its software estate, transforming a costly and labor-intensive process into a business-as-usual exercise. The integration of Shopping with HP’s ticketing system further streamlined the process, automating thousands of tickets per month and significantly reducing the need for outsourced software delivery. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Applicable Industries

Finance & Insurance

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Procurement

Services

System Integration

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

Software was a challenging topic for this bank: it was plagued by software license sprawl, software audits, enterprise agreement renegotiations and manual processes. It wanted to address software compliance and usage for its top vendors as a matter of urgency to halt spiraling costs. The bank’s software asset inventory featured some major gaps – resulting in a need for many hours of costly consultant hours. The data harvesting procedure was labor intensive, unsustainable and inefficient. What the bank needed was a single, centralized portal featuring an automated approval process that would empower end users and integrate seamlessly with third party ticketing systems.

About Customer

This Fortune 500 bank was experiencing major challenges with its software asset management. With huge pressure on its IT team to deal with software sprawl and audits. It came to 1E looking to automate its software delivery and limit its enterprise agreement negotiations and audits – and ended up revolutionizing its entire software lifecycle. The bank is a large financial institution with a significant number of employees and a vast IT infrastructure. It faced issues related to software license sprawl, software audits, and manual processes, which were both time-consuming and costly. The bank needed a solution that could streamline its software asset management, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.

Solution

The bank purchased 60,000 seats of 1E AppClarity and Shopping and completed implementation at the end of 2014. The Adobe reclamation production pilot was successful and the bank started its second reclamation production pilot on Attachmate in early 2015. Shopping has been successfully implemented and will be rolled out to end users throughout 2015. The solution provided by 1E included the deployment of AppClarity and Shopping, which automated the software lifecycle from procurement to retirement. This automation allowed the bank to gain total visibility into its software estate, transforming a costly and labor-intensive process into a business-as-usual exercise. The integration of Shopping with HP’s ticketing system further streamlined the process, automating thousands of tickets per month and significantly reducing the need for outsourced software delivery.

Impact #1	Self-service enterprise eliminates need for outsourced software delivery - integrating Shopping with HP’s ticketing system has resulted in an estimated automation of 6,000 tickets per month, saving the company an estimated $720K per year in outsourced software delivery.
Impact #2	Total visibility into the software estate - AppClarity has transformed a costly labor-intensive process into a business-as-usual exercise, reducing costs, complexity, and the risk of audits.
Impact #3	Automation of software lifecycle – by automating the procurement, delivery, and management of its software, the company expects to save more than $1.3M annually.

Impact #1

Self-service enterprise eliminates need for outsourced software delivery - integrating Shopping with HP’s ticketing system has resulted in an estimated automation of 6,000 tickets per month, saving the company an estimated $720K per year in outsourced software delivery.

Impact #2

Total visibility into the software estate - AppClarity has transformed a costly labor-intensive process into a business-as-usual exercise, reducing costs, complexity, and the risk of audits.

Impact #3

Automation of software lifecycle – by automating the procurement, delivery, and management of its software, the company expects to save more than $1.3M annually.

Benefit #1	Automation of 6,000 tickets per month.
Benefit #2	Savings of $720K per year in outsourced software delivery.
Benefit #3	Expected annual savings of more than $1.3M.

Benefit #1

Automation of 6,000 tickets per month.

Benefit #2

Savings of $720K per year in outsourced software delivery.

Benefit #3

Expected annual savings of more than $1.3M.

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Fortune 500 Bank Automates Software Licensing and Delivery Across 60,000 Seats

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