AuditButler AG launches solution for secure license management

Today's hybrid software inventory - new and used on-prem licenses as well as cloud subscriptions - poses considerable challenges for those responsible in public authorities and companies. What's more, the next software audit, whether conducted by the manufacturer or requested by internal controlling, causes worry lines in the IT department.

However, license management tools are often expensive to uneconomical, especially in relation to the total value of the software inventory. They can rarely be operated by the users themselves and therefore lead to high service costs and dependencies. Well-known tools such as Flexara are mostly aimed at the extremely complex requirements of large companies. The prices for these solutions are therefore correspondingly opaque. Other manufacturers offer "all-round inventory tools", for example, which also inventory licenses from cars to drawing pads. As a rule, there is no know-how about the licensing of Microsoft licenses, for example. Whether expensive or inexpensive - in the end, these tools still have to be supported by Excel.

The intuitive tool impresses with its licensing expertise

AuditButler AG's solution is aimed at companies and public authorities with 50 or more employees who want to set up their license management cost-effectively but lack a secure option with sound licensing expertise, even in the lower price segment. The tool and accompanying optional services such as data onboarding are offered across all sectors - including public authorities - throughout the European Economic Area, initially in German, English and French. 

Ernesto Schmutter, one of the leading thinkers and designers in the European IT trade, is Chairman of the Advisory Board of AuditButler AG. "Thanks to its intuitive usability, AuditButler simplifies license management enormously, and at an affordable price," says the long-standing IT expert. 

It is a web-based tool that is available anytime and anywhere and does not require any pre-installation or system requirements. Users can configure it flexibly according to their own needs and receive an intuitive desktop version that is also optimized for mobile devices. All data is hosted exclusively on German servers, ensuring full data protection compliance. At launch, the tool will focus on Microsoft products, which are already stored in the database as a catalog. The inclusion of other manufacturers is planned, but can also be ordered individually.

AuditButler optimizes the license balance sheet through complete cost and benefit transparency. Savings potentials are identified and all information for license audits, purchases and/or sales is documented accurately and up-to-date and clearly visualized in the AuditButler dashboard. The tool thus creates constant audit readiness. Software asset and IT managers thus avoid a whole series of previously typical barriers, such as a lack of up-to-dateness or the identification of under- and over-licensing. 

The tool automatically organizes and visualizes all forms of licenses. It also archives associated documents such as software contracts, assigns individual software assets to their users or devices and is therefore particularly suitable for companies that want to work in a cost- and resource-optimized manner and at the same time ensure audit security. The full version of the tool starts at 179 euros per year. A free trial version is also available, as is an initial consultation.

Professional managed services with clear added value at transparent costs 

The AuditButler solution can be operated without external support - a core concern of developers and management. For the core phases of license management, AuditButler AG also offers optional Professional Managed Services, which are simply structured and transparently calculated. 

Onboarding training takes place in the form of a short video conference due to the ease of use, but can also take place on site if required. Initial data entry and ongoing data maintenance by experts with license know-how can also be booked as managed services. Customizing services include a wide range of options for customers, including the implementation of SAP interfaces, expansion to other license manufacturers and the development of individual reporting solutions. Other software asset management (SAM) services such as SAM consulting can be commissioned personally. 

Source: www.audit-butler.com