Costs and Compliance for Software License Management
Know what you have, and know what you need. This information is essential for paying exactly what your company requires for their software and cloud services. It also ensures the licensing is used legally, according to your contracts with vendors. Aspera SmartTrack is the strategic solution for managing those costs and risks so your business runs smoothly and within budget.
Top 3 benefits of SmartTrack License Management
Costs you control
Minimize what you spend on licenses, and maximize how you save
Automation you need
Instantly calculate the licenses you need for servers, virtual servers, and cloud
Compliance you trust
Get accurate analysis that shows how your usage matches your contracts
Instantly know the licenses you need
SmartTrack tracks every environment from on-premises to cloud, and covers all license types and software vendors in on place. The platform runs powerful analyses to calculate exactly the software licenses you need for Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, IBM, VMware, Adobe, and Amazon. SmartTrack handles all the complex calculations — so you don’t have to.
Find up to 30% savings on licenses
Your company wants hard savings, year after year. Most SmartTrack customers see up to 30% savings on their licensing costs. You will achieve a full return on investment in the first 6 to 12 months. In fact, many customers achieve an ROI of up to 300% over a 3-year timeframe.
Case study: $4M value in 8 months
When it comes to implementing a new technology, you want to know the investment is worth it. That’s why we commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the incredible ROI of using SmartTrack. They interviewed a multinational company with over 70,000 users and over 2,000 software vendors who had used our Software Asset Management platform for two years.
Manage your licenses everywhere
Servers
Data centers are where the highest savings are possible, and the biggest audit pitfalls are hiding. SmartTrack controls the complexity and costs.
Virtual
Identify virtual versus physical machines, map their relationships and topology, and simulate new configurations in a sandbox.
Cloud
Closely watch your SaaS, PaaS and IaaS services, as SmartTrack analyzes your cloud metrics and tracks every subscription.
Hybrid
Track on-premises software and cloud services together, while SmartTrack evaluates your transition to the cloud.
Manage your licenses for every vendor
Each software vendor has a special flavor of license management. SmartTrack covers them all in one platform.
Including: Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, IBM, VMware, Adobe, Citrix, HP, CA, Autodesk, Symantec, Attachmate, Red Hat, Embarcadero
See full list of data sources
See full list of data sources
| Provider | Product |
|---|---|
| Adobe | Creative Cloud |
| Amazon | Web Services (AWS) |
| Aspera | SmartCollect |
| Baramundi Software | Management Suite |
| BDNA | Normalize |
| BMC | ADDM |
| CA | CA Client Automation |
| Citrix | EdgeSight |
| Easytrust | EasyTrust for Oracle |
| FrontRange | Discovery (Centennial) |
| HP | DDMI/UDi |
| IBM | BigFix Inventory (BFI), ILMT, TAD4D, TADz |
| IGEL | Remote Management |
| iQuate | iQSonar |
| ivanti | Landesk Endpoint Manager |
| Jamf | Casper Suite |
| Kaseya | Inventory |
| Lansweeper | Network Inventory |
| LOGIN | LOGINventory |
| Matrix42 | Empirum |
| Provider | Product |
|---|---|
| Micro Focus | Universal CMDB |
| Microsoft | Active Directory, Office 365, SCCM, App-V, Azure, Microsoft License Statement (MLS), Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) |
| Novatec | inCharge |
| nova ratio | eInventory |
| OCS | Inventory |
| Omegasoft | MyCMDB |
| Opmantek | Open AudIT |
| Oracle | Review Lite |
| Raynet | RayVentory |
| SAP | License Import Pool |
| Scalable | Survey |
| ServiceNow | Now Platform |
| SecureIntegration | SAP Connector (SLC) |
| Symantec | Altiris Inventory |
| Synetics | i-doit |
| Tanium | Endpoint Platform |
| USU GmbH | Valuemation |
| VMware | vCenter Configuration Manager, Airwatch |
Built for big IT & big companies
For almost two decades, SmartTrack has optimized software and cloud licenses in large companies and Global Fortune 500s. The platform is built for enterprises with many employees to manage data centers that stretch globally. It directly integrates with your tools and systems that are already in place, and easily scales in large environments.
Easy integration
Central database
Flexible permission for roles & rights
Managing contracts & financial planning
Integrate easily into your existing IT
We know its important to fit into your existing system architecture and get operational immediately. SmartTrack seamlessly integrates with all of your systems so implementation and deployment are easy and secure to manage. Your data can be hosted in the Aspera cloud or on-premises in your own data center.
Ingredients for successful Software Asset Management
Learn how to start your
SAM project
From budget to scope to top software vendors, find out how to start a successful SAM project.
Ingredients for a
successful SAM
Hirsa Navid, license manager at the Austrian Federal Railways and responsible for Asset and Application Management, shares her recipe for a successful SAM.
Watch how
Gwinnett Schools did it
The US 14th largest school district Gwinnett County Public Schools System relies on Aspera SmartTrack to effectively manage their daily license activities.