SAP® Business Suite applications are among the most highly valued and widely used in many organizations. Without precise knowledge of how SAP systems are being used, organizations risk costly and unplanned expenses even after submitt ing the required License Administration Workbench (LAW) report to SAP. FlexNet Manager for SAP allows enterprises to avoid overspending on SAP named user licenses and decreases the total cost of ownership of SAP software.

With FlexNet Manager for SAP, organizations can centrally monitor and analyze the usage of their SAP systems to ensure an accurate and optimal license posit ion is achieved. Insights into employee SAP use allow organizations to plan and budget for future SAP expenses and avoid buying licenses they don’t need.

FlexNet Manager for SAP also helps enterprises chargeback software expenses internally based on actual use and demonstrate license compliance at any time. Flexera’s SAP optimization product is part of the FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises offering.

FlexNet Manager Suite helps businesses optimize licenses and maintain compliance to reduce costs across a wide range of applicat ions and complex licensing models for thousands of vendors including the most popular ones such Microsoft, Adobe, IBM, Symantec, Oracle, SAP, and 20,000 engineering applicat ions.

More Accurately Budget for Future NeedsAs organizations grow and change, license requirements become a moving target. Until now, enterprises have had a limited view into SAP usage, forcing them to perform many manual, error-prone steps and make cost ly guesses about license needs and budget forecasts.

FlexNet Manager for SAP provides agent less collect ion of SAP usage information without deploying transports to every SAP system. The solut ion analyzes actual user behavior based on which SAP transact ions are used and for how long, authorizat ion roles, module usage, and more. This allows organizations to accurately predict future SAP license needs and avoid unbudgeted surprises.

Optimize Named User License Classificat ionsSAP named user license definit ions are vague and administrators are often left to determine which license type should be assigned to each user with litt le or no information to help them or to substant iate their decisions.

FlexNet Manager for SAP takes the guesswork out of SAP license classificat ion by ident ifying the optimal license type for each user based on real usage patterns, in compliance with the associated SAP contract and in a fully automated and repeatable way. By applying the recommended changes to its SAP systems, license administrators can be confident that future spend will be optimized and unnecessary purchases will be avoided.

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Analyze license usage to opt imize your SAP investment and maintain license compliance

Benefits to the Organization

• Know exactly who is using SAP and to what extent

• Optimize ongoing SAP license costs

• Ensure compliance by assigning each user the optimal named user license

• Minimize duplicate users and idle licenses

• Accurately budget for future SAP license requirements

“As the top priority for the past 3 years, reducing the cost of ownership and complexity remains the key concern among SAP customers.”

– R. Ray Wang, Constellat ion

ResearchSoftware Insider

Survey (2009)

Continuous License ComplianceAs organizations evolve, license compliance status can become a complex issue, especially following a merger or acquisit ion. FlexNet Manager for SAP provides a continuous view of license compliance that is regularly refreshed based on the latest information. An executive dashboard highlights key compliance metrics and indicates optimization opportunit ies that exist throughout an enterprise.

Minimize Duplicate Users and Idle LicensesCompanies regularly have inconsistencies between user information across mult iple SAP systems, including usernames. This is part icularly prominent in organizations where mergers and acquisit ions have occurred. By ident ifying and eliminating these inconsistencies, FlexNet Manager for SAP improves the ability for SAP to determine that mult iple user accounts represent a single user, avoiding excess costs result ing from the same person being erroneously licensed mult iple t imes.

Another common problem is tracking users that have changed job roles within the company and now need lesser SAP licenses or have left the company, result ing in licenses sitt ing idle. FlexNet Manager for SAP ident ifies these users and recommends the lowest cost licenses that meet the end users’ needs, and spots idle licenses that can be returned to the license pool.

FlexNet Manager for SAP Optimized License Posit ion

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Original and Optimized states for SAP user based licenses shows significant reduct ions in high cost license types, including Professional and Limited Professional Users.

What-If ScenariosFlexNet Manager for SAP enables organizations to predict the cost impact of changes to their license classificat ion policies. The product allows “what-if” scenarios to be simulated, including best-case and worst-case simulat ions. User defined rule sets can be used to drive the simulat ions and can be archived for future use.

Simplified True-UpsPreparing for SAP true-ups—creating the LAW report and sending it to SAP—can be an exhaust ing process. FlexNet Manager for SAP minimizes the effort to prepare for an audit by automating the collect ion and processing of usage information. By reclassifying users based on their actual usage, eliminating duplicate users, and reclaiming unused licenses, organizations can ensure that the SAP LAW report is based on real usage data that has been analyzed to allocate the lowest cost license types.

Advanced IT Asset Management Capabilit iesFlexNet Manager for SAP is built on FlexNet Manager Plat form, the foundation of the FlexNet Manager Suite

for Enterprises—the industry leading in Software License Optimization solut ion. The Plat form provides a broad range of IT Asset Management capabilit ies, including management of contracts and associated payments, reconciliat ion of license classificat ions against purchase order ent it lements, business intelligence—including trend analysis, and detailed report ing. The Plat form also provides a consolidated web portal that allows business users, license managers and SAP administrators to access a wealth of license management funct ions and reports. Users can also create their own business reports using a visual report builder.

SAP Administrat ionFlexNet Manager for SAP provides an administrat ion console that allows SAP administrators to review and commit recommended changes to their SAP systems using a familiar SAP interface. This console offers a single point of control for administrat ion funct ions across all SAP systems, such as running system measurements and act ivity checks.

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Software License Optimization Services and Solut ionsSoftware spending and license complexity cont inue to grow and organizations require best pract ice processes and next generat ion tools to gain control of their software estate. Flexera Software’s Software License Optimization Services provide the data and insights needed to understand the business value of a SAM and license optimization program, as well as the processes and roadmaps required for successful implementat ion.

License optimization services provide organizations with an accurate and optimized view of their license posit ion, enabling them to reduce ongoing cost and risk and accelerate t ime to value. Our FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises is the only Software License Optimization product that automates and optimizes license and contract management processes to reduce software license, maintenance and audit costs, while maintaining license compliance.

About Flexera SoftwareFlexera Software is the leading provider of strategic solut ions for Applicat ion Usage Management; solut ions delivering cont inuous compliance, optimized usage and maximized value to applicat ion producers and their customers. Flexera Software is trusted by more than 80,000 customers that depend on our comprehensive solut ions- from installat ion and licensing, ent it lement and compliance management to applicat ion readiness and software license optimization - to strategically manage applicat ion usage and achieve breakthrough results realized only through the systems-level approach we provide. For more information, please go to: www.flexerasoftware.com

FlexNet Manager® for SAP®

Next Steps:Learn more about opt imizing your SAP investment.Visit www.flexerasoftware.com/SAP or call a Flexera Software representat ive.