Optimiser Digital Management :: Solutions

Software Management | Content Publishing

Software Management

• Why build your own license issue and management module for your application, when Optimiser has already done it for you?
• Why invest in expensive key-based licensing and dongle systems, that are easily cracked, when Optimiser has developed a fully-managed Web service where you only pay commissions on your sales volumes?
• Why not use the Internet to manage your product in real-time, even after it has been sold, installed and is in use by your customers?

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  Patented, Point-of-use Software Management Web Service Solution

  Optimiser Digital Management is a state-of-the-art, holistic approach to software management, combining Digital Asset and Rights Management - DAM and DRM - with point-of-use control, business reporting and billing. Reporting and billing provides real-time Business Activity Monitoring - BAM - for customer relationship management, performance analysis and financials.

  Vendors gain complete lifecycle management capabilities over their software, as well as live data - 24x7x52 - for Helpdesk and customer support services.

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  Service Levels

  There are two service levels:

  • Basic - a secure, centrally-managed software deployment and billing eChannel with basic online Business Activity Monitoring.
  • Metrix - a secure, centrally-managed software deployment and billing eChannel with extensive Business Activity Monitoring capabilities, integration with receivables and management information systems, and the ability to sell software according to the functions and features used by your customers.

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  Benefits

  Optimiser delivers substantial and increasing benefits over time to both vendors and buyers of Optimised software applications. Each can enjoy never before available activity-based accounting for software used - in other words, business metrics. This is in real-time, enabling enterprises to immediately report on business performance and focus activities on value creation for competitive advantage.

  Vendor Benefits Optimiser's solution is a service with no hardware or software imposition, no capital installation, giving budgetary flexibility New revenue streams through previously unsupportable Software as a Service - SaaS - sales models become possible: Pay-As-You-Use, by time, by unit, by data traffic, by project, by company and so on New revenue mixes with the ability to meet customer need with tailored product bundling for corporate provisioning and shared services Meaningful data for decision-making: sales tuning, customer support and CRM, cost management, user feedback for product development Better security and anti-piracy measures to stop revenue leakage Automated customer fulfillment and bill presentment Dedicated settlement gateways integrated with receivables and corporate information systems On-the-fly product deployment and pricing schemes to reduce sales cycles Automated invoicing and billing, post-paid and prepaid, to reduce the receivables cycle Cost savings on license and product administration Reduced marketing and distribution costs eChannel, online marketing opportunities Good governance and compliance support Sales tax administration Efficiency and productivity

  Buyer Benefits Software can be purchased as a service from revenue budgets, not capital, giving budgetary flexibility Software costs reduced through metrics which provide empirical evidence to justify ICT procurement decisions Cost efficiency by eliminating over-buying, leading to increased margins and, hence, more revenue The same metrics enable justification of software costs incurred on client projects not previously charged on through lack of usage data Meaningful allocation of costs to users, groups, projects and departments through asset consumption reporting On-demand, real-time software acquisition to match variable workloads over time Automated software audit, compliance and reduced license administration costs Good governance Efficiency and productivity Cost savings on license and product administration Good governance and compliance support Sales tax administration Efficiency and productivity

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  Extended Solutions

  While Optimiser's Digital Management Web service is extremely flexible, and can be deployed for use in a matter of hours with little or no assistance from Optimiser, it can be extended into vendor and buyer corporate environments for real-time enterprise reporting on sales, receivables, purchasing and costing.

  Optimiser also offers enhanced security and billing solutions in conjunction with its strategic alliance partners. These address such areas as physical authentication of users via biometrics for secure computing environments and billing systems, as well as niche and sector specialisations.

  Optimiser's integration and consulting services are offered through its OZone™ Digital Management consultancy. More information can be found here.