Eracent Customer Success Story
Driving Measurable IT Savings
Discover how optimizing the Effective License Position (ELP) resulted in massive first-year savings on Microsoft Enterprise Agreements for a large-scale LAN segment.
Client Profile
Sector: Large Scale Enterprise
Industry: Technology / Infrastructure
Scale: 125,000+ Endpoints
Headquarters: United Kingdom / Global
Computing Environment:
One major LAN segment consisting of 125,000 computers
Complex Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) environment requiring consolidation
Challenge:
- Lack of visibility into actual software usage versus license entitlements across a massive 125k node network.
- Need to complete an Effective License Position (ELP) to identify potential waste before EA renewal.
Results:
- Achieved a £10,000,000 saving in the first year alone.
- Savings realized directly on the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA).
- Optimization applied to a massive scale LAN segment comprising 125,000 computers.
- Completion of the ELP (Effective License Position) provided the necessary baseline for these reductions.
Eracent Solutions Utilized:
- ITMC Discovery™
- IT-Pedia®
- ITMC Lifecycle™
- Microsoft Optimization Module
- Continuous License Reconciliation (CLR)
