Enterprise Licence Solutions is an independent consultancy delivering software spend analysis, software asset management, vendor audit support, licence contract negotiation, cloud migration and review services. We work solely in the interests of our customers and have no tie to any incentives from software vendors.
We help medium and large businesses across Australia ensure they’re fully aware of both the range of suitable options available for their operation and their entitlements and obligations under their current licences.
Enterprise Licence Solutions will clarify and simplify IT jargon, helping you find the most suitable platform for your business while communicating licencing solutions in clear business terms, providing a common understanding from the coal face to the board room.
We will work closely with your business stakeholders, IT organisation, vendors and resellers to ensure all opportunities for improvement and issues with current licence contracts and software suites are brought to light and addressed.
With the help of ELS, you will be able to understand what you have now and what you need to do to help your business succeed now and into the future.
How canyou handle mergers, acquisitions and divestments?
Are youproperly licenced for what you are doing?
Do yourlicence contracts allow you to change in the future?
Do youhave a clear view of what is being used, by whom and how?
Are youonly paying for what you need?
We will assess your current entitlements and explain your current licencing position in business terms – highlighting under/over licencing, compliance risks and budget requirements, ensuring that your organisation’s financial and operational needs are comprehensively met.
Do youunderstand the overall strategy of your enterprise?
How doyou align vendor product sets to deliver on your IT roadmap?
How isthis translated into your IT roadmap?
What isyour contingency plan if things change?
We will work with your business stakeholders, IT organisation and service providers to devise a contract position that leverages vendor offerings to enable your business strategy.
This will help you better understand both your current licencing situation as well as the range of options available to your company, to get a better outcome.
What areyour current entitlements and obligations?
What isyour current bargaining position?
How isthis translated into your IT roadmap?
What areyour key bargaining levers?
We will work with your customers, IT organisation and service providers to provide a clear roadmap to leverage your existing investments as you move to cloud, therefore avoiding overpayment and compliance issues.
Our knowledge of the available cloud services ensures that we will be able to guide you towards the most suitable option for your company, delivering the flexibility, convenience and functionality you need to help your business step confidently into the newest era of enterprise computing.
Can you usecurrent licences as part of a new solution in the cloud?
What areyou getting for your subscriptions?
Are youpaying for software components twice?
What areyour Cloud service provider’s responsibilities?
Who isliable for audit and compliance?
How canyou get out of a cloud service?
We will partner with your IT organisation to identify key opportunities and create a plan to enhance IT services and reduce costs and risk, broaden the capabilities of your organisation and reduce your operating expenses.
Become aware of the next step to take, thanks to our ongoing IT and software asset management audits.
Are yourlicence entitlements embedded in your IT asset management processes?
Are youfully utilising your licence inventory?
Do yourprocurement practices reflect your entitlements?
How doyou ensure that your operational processes maintain compliance?
We will work with your IT organisation and auditor to ensure a clear process, good communication and the best outcome for the customer.
Are youlikely to endure an audit in the foreseeable future?
What areyour rights and how should you engage the auditor?
How doyou devise a defensible position?
What canyou do to prepare for an audit?
Where areyour key exposures and what can you do about them?
How doyou use compliance issues as bargaining chips?