Establishing your software license baseline.
Without a clear picture of your software landscape—what's installed, what's entitled, and what's actually used—you're making decisions in the dark.
The short answer
Without a clear picture of your software landscape—what's installed, what's entitled, and what's actually used—you're making decisions in the dark.
- You can't manage what you can't measure
- Scattered data creates compliance risk
- Visibility is the foundation of optimization
- Accurate baselines improve negotiation leverage
of SAM tools are misconfigured and provide inaccurate inventories.
of installed software is typically unknown to IT—creating compliance and security risks.
of organizations can't locate all their software contracts when needed.
The Software Visibility Problem
Many organizations struggle to answer basic questions about their software: What's installed across the enterprise? What are we entitled to use? Are we compliant? Are we over-licensed? The answers live in scattered spreadsheets, outdated databases, and the memories of people who've left the organization.
This lack of visibility creates real business problems. You can't optimize what you can't measure. You can't defend an audit if you don't know your position. You can't negotiate effectively without understanding your usage.
Establishing a software baseline is the foundation of effective software asset management. It's the first step to gaining control over your software environment.
Key Things to Know
The Baseline Is Where Every Engagement Starts
From there, the path forward depends on the challenge in front of you.
Know exactly where you stand — by vendor, by entitlement, by deployment
Before we defend an audit, negotiate a renewal, or right-size cloud spend, we reconcile what you own against what you're actually using.
Vendor-Specific Discovery
Each vendor requires specialized discovery and analysis approaches.
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The bottom line
Without a clear picture of your software landscape—what's installed, what's entitled, and what's actually used—you're making decisions in the dark. You can't manage what you can't measure. Let's establish your baseline and give you control over your software environment.
- LicenseFortress is an independent software licensing advocate — we never sell vendor licenses and take no vendor commissions.
- $2.4B+ in vendor claims defended and $625M+ saved for clients.
- Coverage across Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, SAP, VMware by Broadcom, and Adobe.
- Licensing experts working alongside software contract attorneys.
Start with visibility
You can't manage what you can't measure. Let's establish your baseline and give you control over your software environment.