Uncover cost optimisation opportunities in your software estate and avoid unbudgeted IT spend on license non-compliance.
The UK Government’s policy paper outlining their ambition for, ‘ … transforming for a digital future …’ highlights the mission achieved so far and phases still to be delivered.
With technology change comes the opportunity to deliver better and more efficient services – however, technology change is one area that can also unwittingly create license non-compliance, potentially negating financial savings by creating fines and unbudgeted software procurement.
Achieving digital transformation goals without the risk of license non-compliance or unexpected costs is possible. By effectively managing software licenses and optimising costs, your organisation can ensure compliance and realise significant financial savings.
As experts in Tier 1 enterprise software vendors including Oracle, IBM and Microsoft, we can help you with the full lifecycle of software license optimisation. We reduce cost and risk in software licensing, manage ongoing compliance, deliver cloud migration readiness assessments, optimise cloud costs and deliver end-to-end FinOps.
We can also support you in the event of a vendor audit including Java, and offer advice and guidance around the recent changes in VMware and Broadcom.
Version 1 public sector framework inclusion
Our innovative solutions consistently reduce operating costs and support the Government’s digital and cloud-first strategies, ensuring the availability and reliability of key enterprise systems.
For more information on our range of services included in public sector frameworks, visit this page.
Public sector cloud cost optimisation case study
Version 1 reviewed our Public Sector client’s Azure subscriptions to assess the opportunity to take advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit and reduce Azure consumption costs. As a result of these optimisation steps, the Public Sector client made comparable net savings of approximately 20% per annum on their Azure consumption through non-disruptive actions.
Software license and cloud cost optimisation and ongoing SAM managed services for the public sector
Our range of services reduces cost and risk in licensing for public sector establishments and encompasses the following:
Oracle, IBM and Microsoft vendor audit defence
On-premises to cloud readiness
Cloud cost optimisation
FinOps
SAM essentials
SAM managed service
Software fulfilment
Public sector software audit defence case study
By adopting our tried and tested software audit approach, our client avoided a €multi-million financial exposure through legitimate remediation resulting in a massive ROI.
The total cost of the consultancy provided by Version 1 equated to 0.23% of the total cost avoided by the client.
Supporting resources
Whitepaper for Irish public sector customers
This Whitepaper, created by Jason Pepper, Head of SAM Services and Ronan Laffan, Head of Advisory Services at Version 1, summarises our observations and recommendations from an enterprise license perspective on some of the points raised within the guidance note and outlines the importance of understanding license implications for before, during and after cloud adoption.
Cost optimisation whitepaper
This whitepaper aims to highlight:
1) IT initiatives and compelling events that can impact enterprise licensing
2) The best approach to mitigate against any commercial or contractual repercussions
3) How we can help you uncover cost optimisation, reduce waste and avoid unbudgeted spend
Vendor audit whitepaper
There are any number of strategies, plans and activities to undertake that will better prepare you for a vendor audit, which has the added benefit of reducing cost and risk and improving the relationship with your vendor. This whitepaper will focus on three areas:
1) Specific examples of vendor audit planning.
2) How to reduce the probability of vendor audits through a proactive approach.
3) The business benefits of a SAM program.
