Basilica's Software team offers a wealth of commercial and technical expertise in Licensing. Alongside being a key Microsoft Gold Partner and Large Account Reseller Partner and an Oracle Certified Advantage Partner, Basilica has strategic partnerships with Symantec, VERITAS, Citrix, VMware and Altiris all with top level manufacturer accreditation. In addition Basilica can supply and advise on all other mainstream software.

The Software team's core activities include:

• Commercial Review - identify technologies used and opportunities for savings
• Licensing Audits and Reviews including industry standard tools. This can be scaled to a complete Software Asset Management service provision
• Legal and Compliance Reviews

Smart Purchasing - ensure the client is buying from the most cost effective agreement

Help Desk via telephone or e-mail for advice on licensing programmes and queries, pre and post sale

Licensing road-maps from the key vendors covering licensing model changes, release dates and product obsolescence

Electronic purchases managed through Basilica's procurement tool TRANSACT. Licence agreements are held on the system ensuring correct prices are applied, renewal dates automatically triggered and on-line customer specific price lists. In addition all details are available for integration into Software Asset Management Applications

Example Projects

Existing project include:

• Global Utility Company - advised on the co-termination of a number of Licence agreements across 100+ Vendors. This provided a manageable calendar of software payments for their subscription models which had a positive effect on cash flow and future budget requirements plus savings on procurement
• Industrial Vehicle Manufacturer - centralised procurement for all licensing acquisitions, facilitated by the use of TRANSACT. This provided centralised control of purchasing and asset registers; providing economies of scale from consolidated group purchasing
• Scientific Research Institute - conducted a comprehensive Licence audit with a focus on compliance against pending Vendor Investigation. As a result, advanced warnings of Licence shortfalls were highlighted and an action plan established to rectify the situation. This negated the need for a detailed audit from the Vendor with potential financial savings against full Licence costs from shortfall
• Global Food Process & Manufacturing organisation - achieved a 3:1 server consolidation on 150 servers radically changing the economics of the service provision involved