OPEN IT FOR IT MANAGERS

Optimize Software Access and Team Efficiency

Help IT Managers Reduce Waste, Manage Licenses, and Keep Teams Productive

IT managers must balance software access, cost control, and team support—often without the visibility to do it well. With usage data, license management becomes a proactive process.

Open iT gives IT managers clear license visibility, automated tracking, and audit-ready reports to reduce waste, maintain productivity, and optimize software resources.

Key Business Challenges IT Managers Face:

Lack of 
Usage Visibility

Without clear insights into how software is being used, IT managers struggle to make informed decisions. Open iT provides real-time visibility into software usage across users, teams, and tools, empowering IT managers to act based on data, not assumptions.

License Access
Issues

IT managers must ensure users have the necessary access to software when they need it. Open iT helps prevent license denials by providing proactive alerts and ensuring that software licenses are available for essential tasks, improving team productivity.

Manual
Reporting Overload

Open iT provides the C-suite with audit-ready insights, proactive alerts, and tools to monitor vendor obligations. Stay ahead of software audits, reduce compliance risks, and avoid costly surprises down the line

How Open iT Helps

Timely Visibility into Software License Usage

Open iT provides IT managers with up-to-the-minute data on software usage across major engineering tools, allowing for better decision-making and proactive management.

Identify Underutilized Licenses to Reduce Costs

By pinpointing underused software licenses, Open iT helps IT managers cut unnecessary expenses while improving the availability of critical software.

Proactive Alerts to Address License Denials

Open iT sends real-time alerts to IT managers about potential license denials and usage bottlenecks, allowing for quick resolution and continuous workflow.

Automated Compliance Reporting

Open iT’s flexible templates and audit-ready data help IT managers automate compliance reporting, ensuring their organization remains compliant with software vendor agreements.

Custom Dashboards and Report Integrations

Open iT supports custom dashboards and integrations with tools like Power BI and Excel, giving IT managers the flexibility to analyze data in ways that align with their specific needs.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I get one view of license usage across FlexNet, DSLS, RLM and other license managers?

Open iT LicenseAnalyzer™ collects usage from 100+ license managers into one reporting environment, so FlexNet, Dassault Systemes DSLS, RLM, LM-X and Sentinel RMS data sit side by side. Open iT CLIMS™ adds one browser portal to run the servers themselves for 12 license managers: start and stop servers, edit options files, read logs and revoke licenses without logging in to each server.

How can IT catch license denials before users raise tickets?

Set alerts on the denials themselves. CLIMS sends email alerts when users are denied on FlexNet, DSLS and RLM servers, and can route alerts to a Microsoft Teams channel through a webhook. The real-time License Monitor shows current checkouts across all servers. Denial Reports then show the pattern by user, feature and hour, which tells you whether to add seats or release idle ones.

How do we avoid licenses expiring without warning?

CLIMS monitors license expiration on all 12 license managers it supports, and LicenseAnalyzer's Feature Expiry Report lists each feature with its expiry date and days remaining. Renewals become a calendar entry instead of a Monday-morning outage.

Can Open iT run in Azure or a hybrid environment, and how is it secured?

Yes. Open iT runs on-premises, in the cloud or hybrid. Version 10.2 added Azure SQL Server and Azure Analysis Services support, so the analysis layer can run fully in Azure. Sign-in uses SSO over SAML 2.0 with Microsoft Entra ID or Okta, the Ingress component uses HTTPS by default, and Open iT holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification.

How do I right-size licenses and workstations with usage data?

Size to active use, not to installs or checkouts. GreenIT measured active versus installed usage with Open iT and cut its workstations from 357 to 50, a 70% cost reduction. The same reports (concurrent peaks, denials, active versus idle time) export to Power BI, Excel or Tableau, and can be combined with Microsoft SCCM/MECM inventory data.

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OPEN IT FOR IT MANAGERS

Optimize Software Access and Team Efficiency