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El Paso case study on gaining usage transparency with Open iT software asset management tools.
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INTERSTATE PIPELINES │ EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION
Gaining Usage Transparency with Open IT
Mike PersonsEl Paso CorporationTechnical Platforms
May 19, 2010
Agenda
ContextThe DilemmaThe SolutionPositive Results—Two Case StudiesQ&A
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Context
El Paso was working to contain our software maintenance cost burden
In late 2008, we renewed our focus on costs as a result of the global economic downturn
A majority of El Paso’s large E&P software licenses were managed by FlexLM
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The Dilemma
Changes in our business model called for scrutiny and a shift in software capacities
Limited server-based licensing solutions incentivized “license hogging”
We had little metric-based visibility intousage to combat unchecked growth inlicense requests
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The Solution
El Paso invested in the OpenIT tool– Both License Analyzer and License Optimizer modules
were purchased– OpenIT serves as an additional analysis layer on top of
our FlexLM architecture
License Optimizer was installed on a number of our engineering and geoscience desktops
We began using OpenIT reports to get a clear picture of our usage statistics
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Positive Results—Case Study #1
Business users requested more licenses for a high-end Geoscience Application
License checkout denials were becoming more frequent
We utilized OpenIT to scrutinize usage– discovered that at least half of the licenses were often in “perpetual
checkout”– It was determined that the number of licenses we currently owned
was sufficient for our usage– Using OpenIT metrics, the user community gained insight into the
problem and changed behaviors– The cost of OpenIT to El Paso was less than just one new license
of this product
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Positive Results—Case Study #2
We conducted an assessment of a large number of licenses used by both our Geoscience and Engineering disciplines
Utilizing OpenIT tools to determine productive use, it was discovered that we were over-licensed, and that a material portion of users who had reserved licenses were only infrequent users, if even that
As a result of this study, we were able to eliminate several hundred thousand dollars of yearly software costs
The cost savings far outstripped our investment in theOpenIT tool
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Q & AQ & A
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INTERSTATE PIPELINES │ EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION
Gaining Usage Transparency with Open IT
Bill RobertsEl Paso CorporationDirector, Technical Platforms
May 19, 2010
