Real-World Case Studies and Customer Success Stories with Snow Atlas

A global financial institution needed help with IT asset management. They worked with Flexera's customer success manager for support at... every step. The CSM team explained processes and next steps clearly. The institution felt supported during implementation. They valued the ongoing guidance from Flexera.
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Northern Trust wanted better IT visibility and business alignment. They needed a solution for software license compliance and cost savings.... They chose Flexera One for IT asset management and FinOps. Flexera provided reliable data and helped Northern Trust work better with business leaders. With Flexera, Northern Trust found cost savings and managed software licenses more effectively. Flexera also helped them connect IT and business tools for better decisions.
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Flexera One helped a financial services organization modernize license compliance. The company replaced outdated tools and spreadsheets with Flexera FlexNet... Manager Suite, then upgraded to Flexera One. This move improved audit defense and gave better visibility into license data. The team used Flexera to avoid a major audit fee and now tracks all licenses in one place. Flexera One also makes it easier to link IT asset management and SaaS management modules.
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Flexera One helped Northern Trust, a leading financial institution, align IT with business goals. The company used Flexera's IT asset... management and FinOps solutions to improve software license compliance and gain better IT visibility. Northern Trust created a collaborative data model, the Collaborative Quartet, to connect IT asset management, service management, financial management, and procurement. With Flexera SaaS Manager, they found cost savings, reduced risks, and improved license management. Flexera's support enabled a smooth cloud transition and ongoing business alignment.
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Ocean by Flexera helped ZestMoney cut EC2 costs by 60-70% using spot instances. The DevOps team gained full cloud visibility... and automated cost optimization. Ocean enabled container-driven autoscaling, keeping cluster utilization near 80%. Manual infrastructure management dropped, freeing up the team. ZestMoney now runs both ECS and EKS workloads efficiently with Ocean.
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CloudCheckr and Flexera One Cloud Commitment Management helped Pivotree cut cloud costs and improve billing accuracy. Pivotree needed better visibility... into cloud spending for themselves and their customers. They replaced their old tool with Flexera solutions to automate billing, optimize reserved commitments, and simplify cost reporting. The new system reduced manual work, improved invoice accuracy, and made it easier to manage AWS costs for all customers.
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Spot Ocean helped ZestMoney cut AWS EC2 costs by 60-70%. The DevOps team gained full cloud visibility and automated optimization.... Manual processes were replaced with container-driven autoscaling. ZestMoney now runs all production workloads on spot instances. The solution improved efficiency and reduced management effort. Flexera’s support gave the team confidence to migrate quickly.
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Flexera One Virtual Machine Optimization helped Finova cut Azure cloud spend by 70%. Finova used Spot Elastigroup to optimize their... development and test environments. The solution gave Finova full visibility into cloud costs and enabled cost accountability by team. Developers gained more compute power for less money, speeding up testing and innovation. Finova now plans to expand this cloud optimization model to larger environments.
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A financial services organization had trouble tracking software license compliance. They used old tools and spreadsheets, which made it hard... to manage licenses and avoid audit risks. They chose Flexera FlexNet Manager Suite for better license tracking and later moved to Flexera One. With Flexera, they linked license data, automated license rights, and tracked compliance more easily. When a major vendor audited them, they used Flexera data to defend their usage and avoided a large fee. Now, they feel more confident during audits and plan to use Flexera for more business reports.
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Max Life Insurance wanted to save money on software licenses. They used manual tracking, which was slow and caused mistakes.... They chose Snow Spend Optimizer to get better insights and manage licenses more easily. This helped them move from yearly to quarterly audits without extra costs. They cut their top five software expenses by 10% and reached full compliance with managed software publishers.
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Flexera One helped a leading European insurance agency move from on-premises FlexNet Manager Suite to a SaaS solution in under a week. The agency gained... clear visibility into software licenses, compliance, and vendor usage. Flexera One improved management reporting and compliance security. The SaaS platform revealed optimization opportunities and supported collaboration with Flexera consultants. The agency now plans to expand vendor integrations for even better IT asset management.
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Snow Spend Optimizer helped Max Life Insurance cut software costs by 10% across its top five enterprise vendors. The company moved... from manual tracking to automated software asset management, gaining near real-time visibility. Max Life switched from annual to quarterly audits without extra resources. The managed service improved compliance and enabled license reuse, driving significant savings. Max Life now reinvests these savings to grow its insurance business in India.
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Flexera One helped a global insurance company cut technical debt by 30%. The company moved from FlexNet Manager Suite to... Flexera One IT Visibility and IT Asset Management. This shift gave them real-time license compliance and better control over software assets. They now track 18,000 endpoints and 2,200 servers. Flexera's cloud solution made reporting easier and improved business unit engagement.
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Flexera helped Suva, Switzerland’s largest accident insurance provider, improve software lifecycle management. Suva needed a new IT asset management tool... after support for their previous system ended. Flexera’s solution enabled fast migration of data from 5,000 endpoints and improved license compliance. The new system gave Suva better transparency and control over software use. This led to cost savings and reduced compliance risk.
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Flexera ITAM helped a global insurance company fix its software licensing process. The company had used Flexera ITAM only for... inventory, doing licensing work manually in spreadsheets. This wasted time and money. Flexera worked with the company to audit usage, train teams, and automate license management. Now, tasks that took an hour take minutes. The company saves time, reduces manual work, and keeps licenses up to date.
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Flexera helped Suva, Switzerland’s largest accident insurance provider, migrate 5,000 endpoints and optimize over 350 software solutions. Suva needed a... new IT asset management tool after support for their previous system ended. Flexera’s tailored project plan and SoftwareONE’s implementation enabled a fast, smooth migration. The solution improved transparency, reduced compliance risk, and revealed new cost-saving opportunities. Suva gained better control over software allocation and compliance checks.
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A global insurance company had trouble managing its software portfolio. They needed better visibility and real-time data on software licenses.... They chose Flexera after comparing it with other vendors. They moved from on-premises solutions to Flexera One IT Visibility and ITAM. The switch was easy and required less technical effort. As a result, they reduced technical debt by 30% and can now report on license compliance with confidence.
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A European insurance company partnered with Flexera since 2011. They moved from FlexNet Manager Suite on premises to Flexera One.... The transition took less than a week and went very smoothly. Flexera One gave them a clear view of their software licenses and compliance. They now use the tool to show management what products they need to stay compliant. The SaaS solution helped them see areas to optimize and plan for more vendor integrations.
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The U. S. Department of Energy needed to replace outdated software and hardware to reduce cyberattack risks. Their IT team...wanted an automated way to find old, vulnerable software. They used Flexera’s Technopedia and Normalize to gather and clean IT asset data across the agency. This gave them a single, accurate view of all IT assets. As a result, they saw a 60% average reduction in time spent researching and validating data.
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Christchurch City Council had outdated systems that made it hard to see and manage IT assets. They spent six months... manually collecting data, which limited their ability to make good decisions. The Council needed better tools to track IT use and costs. They chose Snow Spend Optimizer and Snow Optimizer for SAP to get accurate, up-to-date data and automate processes. In the first year, they avoided spending NZ$250,000, saved NZ$150,000 on Microsoft licenses, deleted 400 surplus user seats, and found 236 unknown SaaS apps.
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The Dutch Police had trouble managing IT assets after consolidating their technology environments. They needed a way to track software... licenses and control costs. They chose Flexera ITAM for better data and easier management. Flexera helped them install and maintain the system. After using Flexera, the Dutch Police had fewer audits and paid no true-up costs. They saved millions of euros by avoiding extra costs and managing licenses better.
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Christchurch City Council had outdated systems that made it hard to see and manage IT assets. They collected data manually,... which took six months and limited their ability to make good decisions. The Council needed better tools to track IT use and costs. They chose Snow Spend Optimizer and Snow Optimizer for SAP to get accurate, up-to-date data and automate their processes. In the first year, they avoided spending NZ$250,000, saved NZ$150,000 on Microsoft licenses, deleted 400 surplus user seats, and found 236 unknown SaaS apps.
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The U. S. Department of Energy needed to replace outdated software and hardware to reduce cyberattack risks. Their IT team...wanted an automated way to find old, vulnerable software. They used Flexera’s Technopedia and Normalize to gather and clean IT asset data across the agency. This gave them a single, accurate view of all IT assets. As a result, they reduced the time spent researching and validating data by 60%.
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FlexNet Manager and App Portal helped a U. S. government contractor migrate from on-premises to Azure private cloud. GovCon saved...$467,000 in service desk costs within two years using App Portal. The company worked with Flexera to ensure a smooth migration and meet strict compliance needs. The move supported their cloud-first initiative and enabled continued use of Flexera solutions in a secure cloud environment.
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Flexera AdminStudio and Package Feed Module helped a global public library automate IT tasks. The library's two-person IT team saved... over $220,000 in three years by streamlining application packaging and patching. Automation reduced manual work by at least one hour per package, saving $73,604 annually. The team now automates 25% of applications, improving security and efficiency. Flexera enabled easy distribution to Microsoft ConfigMan and Intune.
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The Dutch Police had trouble managing IT assets after consolidating their technology environments. They needed a way to track software... licenses and avoid extra costs. They chose Flexera ITAM for better data and easier management. Flexera helped them install and use the system on time. Since using Flexera, the Dutch Police have had no audit issues and paid zero true-up costs. They have saved multi-millions of euros through better IT asset management and cost avoidance.
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A large food manufacturing company had trouble controlling its growing cloud use. They did not have a central way to... manage and optimize cloud services. They chose Flexera Cloud Cost Optimization after advice from Gartner. Flexera helped them set up better controls and find ways to save money. In five months, they saved 12.22% on their total cloud spend and 15.21% on Amazon EC2.
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Carlsberg Group had trouble seeing all its IT assets. Their old system missed data from many regions and made work... slow and manual. They switched to Flexera’s IT Asset Management solution and worked with SoftwareONE to run it. Now, Carlsberg can see its whole IT environment and process requests faster. In the first year, they saved over $400,000 in costs. They also cut down on outside help and made their budget process easier.
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Carlsberg Group had trouble seeing all its IT assets. Their old system missed data from many regions and made work... slow and manual. They switched to Flexera’s IT Asset Management solution and worked with SoftwareONE to run it. Now, Carlsberg can see its whole IT environment and process requests faster. In the first year, they saved over $400,000 in costs. They also cut down on outside help and made their budget process easier.
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Flexera Cloud Cost Optimization helped a global food manufacturing conglomerate control cloud costs. The company had over 30,000 employees and... $13 billion in sales. They needed better management for their growing multi-cloud environment. Flexera provided a roadmap and automated policies to reduce waste. In five months, the company saved 12.22% on total cloud spend and 15.21% on Amazon EC2.
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Flexera One IT Asset Management helped DEICHMANN cut manual data collection by 70%. The company improved inventory accuracy to over... 99%. Centralized license tracking reduced compliance risks and supported regulatory alignment. DEICHMANN found new cost-saving opportunities and now manages software assets with real-time insights. The solution supports future growth and operational efficiency for this global retailer.
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Flexera One IT Asset Management helped DEICHMANN, Europe's largest shoe retailer, cut manual data collection by 70%. The company improved... inventory accuracy to over 99%. Centralized license tracking reduced compliance risks and revealed cost-saving opportunities. DEICHMANN completed implementation in four months. The solution supports future growth and better software governance.
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Snow Optimizer for SAP Software helped EDEKA DIGITAL save over €6. 2 million in SAP license costs. The team reduced...SAP audit preparation time from up to a year to less than six months. They gained fast, enterprise-wide visibility into license usage and asset management. User and IT asset management became much simpler and faster. EDEKA DIGITAL now reinvests savings into innovation and better service.
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Flexera's Normalize and Technopedia helped Wesleyan University improve IT asset management. The university faced slow, manual processes for cataloging hardware... and software. Flexera automated data entry and validation, cutting research time for new hardware from 60 minutes to 10. Asset inventory report preparation dropped from 45 minutes to under two. The IT team now spends less time on manual tasks and more on critical priorities.
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Snow Commander helped Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) manage over 1,000 active virtual machines for student labs. HAMK faced high... IT overhead and complex VM management. With Snow Commander, students use a self-service portal to create and delete VMs. This reduced IT workload and improved flexibility for students. HAMK now deploys over 2,000 VMs yearly and supports 24/7 on-demand access for 10,000 students.
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Snow Commander helped Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) manage over 1,400 VMware virtual machines for student labs. HAMK faced high... IT overhead and complex VM management. With Snow Commander, students now use a self-service portal to deploy and manage VMs anytime. This reduced IT workload and improved efficiency. HAMK can now plan capacity and provisioning more cost-effectively.
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FlexNet Manager helped a global packaged goods company save over $36 million in 18 months. The company faced high costs... from software vendor audits and lacked software asset management tools. Flexera implemented a managed service and SLO solution to control software licenses and ensure compliance. Audits from Oracle and SAP stopped, and the company now avoids unbudgeted expenses. Flexera’s consulting services continue to deliver cost savings and license optimization.
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Flexera helped a global toy company manage IT asset audits. The company faced frequent audits and spent too much time... gathering IT asset data. Flexera aggregated and enriched data from 8,500 endpoints using Technopedia. The IT team used Power BI reports to give stakeholders the data they needed. Audits became easier and IT staff could focus on strategic work. The company improved audit readiness and saved resources.
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A global packaged goods company with over 100,000 employees faced large, unplanned expenses from frequent software vendor audits. They had no... tools or expertise in software asset management or license optimization. Flexera provided a managed service and software to control and optimize their software licenses. After 18 months, the company saved more than $36 million. They stayed in license compliance and stopped audits from Oracle and SAP.
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Snow Spend Optimizer helped Syntegon save a 6-digit euro amount on software license costs in 2020. Syntegon, a global leader... in processing and packaging technology, faced complex software license management across thousands of devices. By consolidating asset management and improving application monitoring, they achieved rapid deployment and strong compliance. The solution simplified deactivation of unused licenses and freed IT resources for innovation.
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Snow Spend Optimizer helped Syntegon manage software licenses across 6,500 workstations and 3,000 mobile devices. Syntegon faced complex licensing agreements... and high costs. The company chose Snow Spend Optimizer after a proof of concept showed it could monitor 95% of applications. Deployment was fast and required minimal IT resources. Syntegon saved a 6-digit euro amount in software license costs and improved compliance.
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Flexera helped Danfoss manage software vulnerabilities as third-party app use grew. Danfoss integrated Flexera with their Microsoft security suite for... better patch management and rapid vulnerability response. Flexera enabled mapping of software end-of-life and provided real-time security snapshots. Danfoss improved efficiency and cost effectiveness, gaining control over non-Microsoft app vulnerabilities with one solution.
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Flexera's Ocean helps RealCloud cut customer AWS costs by up to 90%. RealCloud uses Flexera to offer high-availability cloud cost... optimization with no risk to uptime. Customers collectively save over $15 million each year. RealCloud doubled its revenue year-over-year since 2018. Flexera enables RealCloud to deliver strong FinOps and CloudOps services in Latin America.
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CloudCheckr and Flexera One Cloud Commitment Management helped Pivotree automate cloud usage billing and optimize reserved commitments for EC2 and RDS. Pivotree replaced their... old cost management tool to gain better visibility and control over cloud costs. The solution enabled accurate, automated billing and reduced time spent managing reserved instances. Pivotree now saves more on cloud costs and delivers improved cost reporting to customers. Flexera's customer success model and integrated platform stood out for Pivotree.
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Snow Software SAM helped Panasonic Information Systems Company Europe save $100,000 on Microsoft licenses and recover 450 unused licenses. The company faced... high audit fees and complex software management due to autonomous business units. Snow SAM provided transparency, centralized license management, and improved compliance. Panasonic now negotiates better vendor agreements and reduces operational costs with streamlined software asset management.
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Accruent had over 85 separate cloud accounts after many acquisitions. They could not see all their cloud costs in one... place, making decisions hard. Flexera gave them a tool to view all cloud accounts together. The solution let them organize and export data as needed. Accruent saved $200,000 each year by using Flexera. Now, everyone at Accruent can see the same cloud cost numbers and make better decisions.
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Accruent had over 85 separate cloud accounts after many acquisitions. They could not see all their cloud costs in one... place, making decisions hard. Flexera gave them a tool to view all cloud accounts together. The solution let them organize and export data as needed. Accruent saved $200,000 each year by using Flexera to manage cloud costs. Now, everyone at Accruent can see the same cloud spend numbers and make better decisions.
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Sasol is a large petrochemical company in South Africa. They wanted to improve efficiency and support sustainability by managing IT... assets better. Their IT systems were complex, with different rules in each region. Sasol used Snow solutions to centralize and standardize IT asset management. This helped them save $34 million, manage 30 countries from one place, and monitor 23,000 devices.
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Sasol is a large petrochemical company in South Africa. They wanted to improve efficiency and support sustainability by managing IT... assets better. Their regions had different policies, making it hard to get good data and control costs. Sasol used Snow solutions to centralize IT asset management and improve reporting. This helped them save $34 million, manage 30 countries from one place, and monitor 23,000 devices.
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Snow Software Asset Management helped Telkomsel cut Oracle software license costs by 10%. The company saved $74,000 a year on... Microsoft subscriptions. Telkomsel reduced audit data collection time by 90%. The solution gave full visibility of software assets and improved audit compliance. Telkomsel now manages software licenses better and lowers business risk.
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Snow Software Asset Management helped Telkomsel cut Oracle software license costs by up to 10%. The company saved a potential... $74,000 a year on Microsoft subscriptions. Telkomsel reduced the time to collect license data by 90%. The solution identified over $740,000 in potential cost avoidance for Oracle license compliance. Telkomsel gained a single view of all IT assets, improving audit compliance and reducing risk.
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Flexera One SaaS Management and Snow Spend Optimizer helped MemorialCare Health Systems avoid over $3 million in costs in 10 years. The hospital system... cut software audit response times from 8 weeks to less than 1 hour. They gained strong software license compliance and improved HIPAA compliance. Flexera enabled MemorialCare to identify unused software, cut Oracle license costs by 10%, and reallocate savings to other needs. Over 400 software titles and 14,500 devices are managed for better efficiency and risk reduction.
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MemorialCare Health Systems had trouble keeping up with software license compliance and change management. They used Snow SaaS Management and... Snow Spend Optimizer to get better visibility into their software use. The team found and removed unused licenses and made sure they had the right number of licenses. They avoided over $3 million in costs since starting the program 10 years ago. They also cut software audit response times from 8 weeks to less than 1 hour. The system helped them stay HIPAA compliant and save money.
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Snow Optimizer for SAP Software helped Maynilad save several hundred thousand US dollars in SAP license costs. The company used... the tool to track and manage over 2,700 licenses with 100% accuracy. Manual tracking was slow and hard, but Snow Optimizer made it fast and clear. Maynilad defended a SAP audit and avoided big fees. Now, they use Snow Optimizer to keep their SAP licenses cost-effective and up to date.
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Snow Optimizer for SAP Software helped Maynilad, a major water and wastewater provider in Manila, manage SAP licenses. Manual tracking was... slow and hard. The tool gave a clear view of license use and helped during a SAP audit. Maynilad saved several hundred thousand US dollars in license costs. They identified over 2,700 licenses with 100% accuracy and defended their SAP audit successfully.
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AstraZeneca had problems with its old software management system. Employees found it hard to use, and managing over 3,700 applications... was slow and manual. AstraZeneca used Flexera’s App Broker and FlexNet Manager Suite to improve software asset management. They made a new app store for employees that was easier to use. In the first year, AstraZeneca saved nearly $2 million in labor costs. The company also reduced its software catalog by 89% and freed up 25,000 hours each year for other work.
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Flexera's App Broker and FlexNet Manager Suite helped AstraZeneca save nearly $2 million in one year. The company improved software... asset management and cut its software catalog by 89 percent. Employees gained a simpler, more intuitive app store experience. AstraZeneca created 25,000 hours annually for higher-value work. The solution increased visibility and control over software spend.
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Flexera's App Broker and AdminStudio helped Kuoni, a global travel management company, cut IT costs and reduce service delays. Kuoni automated software... deployment for 10,000 employees using Flexera and Microsoft SCCM. The new self-service system replaced manual processes and reduced service desk workload. Employees now access over 200 business applications easily. Kuoni improved IT efficiency and supported business growth after mergers and acquisitions.
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Flexera helped Turner Broadcasting System move from on-premises IT to the cloud. Turner needed to support digital content and chose... AWS for cloud migration. Flexera scanned Turner’s infrastructure and found hundreds of unused servers. The scan gave Turner a clear view of their IT environment. Turner migrated workloads to the cloud in less than six months. Flexera enabled a fast, organized migration and improved cost control.
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Hitachi Energy worked with Flexera to implement and improve a tool. Markus Zehnder, the Global Software Asset Manager, said Flexera... was flexible and helpful. He had many good contacts with Flexera colleagues. Flexera supported the implementation and improvement process. The experience was positive for Hitachi Energy.
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Flexera helped a global mining company gain better software visibility and control shadow IT. The company upgraded from Snow License... Manager to Snow Atlas, increasing SaaS detection from 7,000 to 25,000 titles. This improved license management and reduced unauthorized access. The company is on track to achieve eight-figure cost savings through software rationalization and optimized SaaS management.
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Flexera One Virtual Machine Optimization helped Finova cut Azure cloud costs by 70%. Finova used Spot Elastigroup to optimize their... development and testing environments. They moved stateful workloads to Azure spot VMs, keeping performance and reliability. Finova gained visibility into cloud spend by team and improved cost accountability. The savings let Finova focus on delivering better products in the financial services sector.
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Flexera Ocean helped RealCloud cut customer AWS costs by up to 90%. RealCloud used Flexera to offer high-availability spot instance... automation. Their customers now save over $15 million each year. RealCloud doubled its revenue year-over-year since 2018. Flexera enabled RealCloud to deliver strong cloud cost management and FinOps services.
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Flexera services helped Hitachi Energy with software asset management. Markus Zehnder from Hitachi Energy praised Flexera for being flexible and... helpful during tool implementation. The team also supported improvements to the tool. Flexera's experts provided guidance for better technology visibility and value realization. Hitachi Energy benefited from a smooth implementation process.
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Flexera services helped Hitachi Energy with software asset management. The Flexera team was flexible and helpful during the tool implementation.... They also supported improvements to the tool. Markus Zehnder from Hitachi Energy praised the collaboration. Flexera focused on delivering value and real impact quickly.
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A global mining company had trouble seeing all their software and SaaS use. They faced high costs from shadow IT... and too many user licenses. They upgraded to Snow Atlas to get better visibility and control. With the new system, they could spot unauthorized users and manage licenses better. The company started saving money and is working toward a big cost reduction goal. They praised Flexera for their support during the process.
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