London, UK, November 2011: Leading Software Asset Management specialist Certero today announced its partnership with worldwide manufacturer Ideal Standard International to deliver real-time licence compliance for its PC estate across 26 countries.

Certero Software Asset Management (SAM) solution is developed with today’s technology to address today’s challenges; AssetStudio® addresses the complexities of Licence Management and compliance, using unique automation to enable a real-time Effective Licence Position (ELP), also enabling the comprehensive management of Virtualised environments. Certero SoftwareMetering For Decision Makers® allows organisations to enforce device based licensing in a Thin Client environment as well as applying software policies that prevent unauthorised software from being used. By identifying used and unused software organisations can remove waste and progress to an Optimised Licence Position (OLP).
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Ideal Standard International required a solution that would provide them with a true picture of their software assets, including a 100% accurate identification of software products installed across 26 countries. Commenting on the implementation, Paul Tate UK IT Infrastructure Manager said: “Certero Software Asset Management solution has had a huge impact on our internal processes for the procurement of software. Since the overall licensing picture has become apparent we have made significant changes to reduce our software usage.

Certero SAM Solution greatly exceeded in terms of our expectations. Using Certero SoftwareMetering for Decision Makers a new process to periodically review software usage to remove unused software has been adopted.”

Good SAM practice allows companies to avoid financial penalties if their software is unmanaged, reduces the support costs for out of date or incompatible software and improves competitive advantage by exploiting the business benefits that up to date software enables. But whilst the benefits are clear, complex compliance policies and outdated tools designed primarily for ITAM rather than SAM are the main reasons why organisations struggle to achieve compliance. Certero Software Asset Management solution is designed specifically for the task of helping organisations prove they are compliant with regards to their software licences, including environments that have Terminal Services and Virtualisation.

Commenting on the deployment of the market leading solution, John Lunt Certero Managing Director said: “The selection of Certero Software Asset Management solution by Ideal Standard International is testament to its strengths as an out-of-the box solution which simplifies a complex process and provides ongoing automated control of licences.” He added “For too long organisations have struggled to effectively address their SAM challenge. Certero solutions are developed from customer feedback specifically for the task at hand – to simplify and automate a complex process.”

Certero’s products are already used by a large number of major global organisations, such as Linpac, Diodes, as well as major UK organisations across Private and Public sectors including CrownPaints, Swinton Insurance, Royal Air Force, Bradford MDC and North Mersey HIS NHS. Certero solutions enable organisations to dramatically cut CO2 emissions and save thousands on licensing expenditure.