License abuse is one of the hidden perils of floating software licenses, costing companies enormous amounts of money without them realizing it. Imagine this – A well-meaning engineer needs to work on various projects through out the day, but is worried from previous experience where their work’s been delayed because a license wasn’t available when it was needed.
How License Abuse Begins
To the engineer the solution seems straightforward – after their morning cup of coffee, they check out the licenses they need for the day, leaving them open on their computer for them to use at their leisure. Before clocking out at the end of the day, the license are returned, and the engineer had the license available whenever they needed it through out the day.
But what if every engineer had the same bad behavior? And what about those engineers that can’t check out a license all day, as they’re sitting idle – but unavailable to others – on a colleague’s computer.
The Organizational Impact
License abuse from a few engineers has an outsized impact through out the organization. Other engineers face license denials, as licenses are checked out and unavailable for them to use. Line managers face delays in their projects, as their engineers can’t access the licenses they need to complete their work.
With engineers and managers reporting licenses are unavailable when needed, companies are compelled to buy more licenses, skewing budgets and further increasing already expensive software license costs.
The Solution: Proactive Monitoring
Proactive monitoring of your engineering tools can help you crack down on license abuse, making sure engineers have the licenses they need available when they need it, but also that they return it once their finished with it.
LAMUM’s unparalleled visibility into your current and historical license usage allows you to do exactly that.
How LAMUM Helps
Our interactive 24/7 Activity Reports allow you to easily visualize and track usage and checkout patterns, including checkout durations. Additionally, automatic, customizable alerts let you crack down on license usage in real-time, with a multitude of automatic alert options, including Long Check-Out Warnings for checkouts exceeding a certain duration r sent to the user in question, as well as the license administrator.
LAMUM’s tools allow engineering companies across the world to crack down on license abuse by their staff members. In doing so, they’re able to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of their engineers, eliminate license denials and save up to 15-25% each year on their costly engineering tools.
Are you ready to crack down on license abuse from your engineers?
