UK Enterprise Construction Company Saves £40,000 on Adobe License Optimization within 1 Year of Deploying Xensam

The Customer 

The customer is a well-established, independent construction and property services company in the UK that has grown into a £1 billion industry leader with 2,200 employees across the UK, building housing, schools, public venues, sports centers and more across their community with a focus on environmental sustainability. 
 

Addressing Lack of IT Asset Visibility  

The customer found Xensam in their search for a Software Asset Management platform that could address their lack of granular insight into application installations and usage. Without this crucial information, they were left to conduct educated guesswork on license renewals, missing out on significant optimizations across their IT environment.  

Their Asset & Licensing Manager reports that the company evaluated multiple tools on the market in their search for the right fit. Xensam’s platform stood out because of its ease of use and market-leading Active Usage Tracking which would give them the granular insight they were looking for.  

“The key thing we wanted from a SAM platform was to understand the usage of software within our business. We had no visibility of usage prior to Xensam.” 

Instant Access to High Quality Data  

Within a week, the company was able to roll out Xensam’s platform across multiple different locations in easily executable phases. With Xensam’s advanced Xearch Agent in place, they got immediate access to quality data across their hybrid IT environment, and the inventorying of a few hundred applications. 
 

“Deployment took place smoothly and easily. We had the platform up and running almost immediately.”   

Illuminating Previously Unidentified Applications  

With Xensam, the company has been able to illuminate applications across their hybrid IT environment. This has allowed them to review all known applications and properly assess licensing position, cost, and usage.  

“Our initial focus after installing Xensam has been on optimizing all our known software. With Xensam’s visibility, we can then move on to the task of clearing up all the previously unknown apps that Xensam has illuminated for us.”  

In addition to previously known applications, Xensam’s advanced software normalization has detected previously unidentified applications. These applications lurk in hard-to-find file corners and often originate from old applications that were not completely uninstalled. Many have passed their end-of-service or EOL date, leaving them unpatched and vulnerable to malicious access. Xensam’s recognition capabilities have allowed the company to gain visibility and control of these installations. 

“It’s a big thing for us to see these apps that were previously undetected. It’s shown us how many apps can still be hidden from previous projects or device users.” 

Xensam has also given them visibility of have network licenses, which many tools struggle to track. This data has supported various upgrade and migration projects.  

£40,000 Saved in License Renewals from Detailed Active Usage Insights  

Xensam’s Active Usage Tracking functionality has been a standout feature, enabling the company to conduct data-driven licensing reviews to drive tangible cost savings.  

“Xensam is the place we go to see what applications are actually being used. It’s one of the major advantages with Xensam’s platform.”   

With granular insight on how much applications are actually being utilized down to the minute, they were able to discover and cancel more than 200 unused Adobe licenses, leading to cost savings of £40,000 on their Adobe spend alone.  

“We’ve made back the cost of the platform with our renewal savings alone.” 

Access to Innovation in One Holistic Interface  

With Xensam’s one platform, one price model, the organization gets access to market-leading Software Asset Management innovation in one holistic interface. With no extra add-ons or modules, business operations are supported by the platform's comprehensive functionalities, including hardware and software management, cost overview, IT security enhancements, and robust reporting capabilities.  

“I love access to all the different modules, rather than having to purchase add-ons. Xensam has got it all in one subscription.” 

Conclusion 

This organization went from manual SAM processes and educated guesswork to robust optimization of their IT environment with Xensam. With the broad-spectrum visibility that the platform delivers, they’ve been able to curb wasted spend on unused licenses, right-size their renewals, and conduct upgrade and migration projects across their environment. Applications that were previously undetected have been illuminated, offering the opportunity for them to be managed and optimized. These advanced functionalities are easily utilized inside of Xensam’s intuitive interface, delivering tangible ROI and rapid time-to-value.