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Optimizing Enterprise IT Investment: A Case Study on SEGULA Technologies and Altair’s SAO Solution
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Databases
Applicable Industries
- Aerospace
- Automotive
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Usage-Based Insurance
Services
- System Integration
The Challenge
SEGULA Technologies, an international engineering consultancy, faced a significant challenge in managing and monitoring a vast variety of commercial software licenses across the enterprise. As an engineering service provider, the company extensively uses computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided design (CAD), and other commercial development software. The usage of these software tools varied, with some being used more frequently than others. However, all tools could be utilized on certain projects. The company needed to efficiently manage the peaks and valleys in software usage. Prior to implementing a solution, each business unit gauged its software requirements based on subjective data, leading to inefficiencies and potential overuse or underuse of licenses. The company sought a solution to optimize software usage, improve decisions on software renewal and acquisition, and better manage its IT budget.
About The Customer
SEGULA Technologies is an international engineering consultancy specializing in cutting-edge innovation. The company offers customers the excellent technical expertise of its employees, specific to each active business sector and/or industry vertical. Focus industries include automotive, aerospace and defense, rail, energy, and marine, among others. SEGULA Technologies France is part of the SEGULA Technologies Group that employs more than 6,800 people in 20 countries including France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, Russia, Slovakia, Romania, Tunisia, Morocco, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, India, Belgium, and China. As an engineering service provider, SEGULA Technologies makes extensive use of computer-aided engineering (CAE), computer-aided design (CAD), and other commercial development software across the enterprise.
The Solution
SEGULA Technologies decided to implement Altair’s software asset optimization (SAO) solution to monitor and optimize their software usage. The SAO solution collects data from all enabled vendor license servers and generates consistent, on-demand reports about software usage across the enterprise IT landscape. It comes standard with interactive dashboards to visualize key metrics and trends and generate critical alert notifications via email and text message. The implementation process involved installing an Engine, a MySQL database, and a HiQube App Server in the system. Agents send data packets to a network directory accessible to the engine at pre-configured frequencies. The Engine retrieves this data, parses it, and uploads it into the MySQL database. HiQube then imports data incrementally from the MySQL database into various Qubes designed for different types of reports and analysis. These reports are accessed by end users through a web portal.
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