SaaS & 365 INSIGHTS

As adoption of SaaS apps continues to accelerate, so has the need for establishing visibility and governance over them

SaaS & 365 Insights

“By 2024, 40% of enterprises will use software asset management as the primary mechanism for reducing SaaS contracts costs with 'dominant' vendors.”¹

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While the upside of SaaS is the ability to scale up or scale down subscriptions as needed, the downside is that many SaaS products can be purchased by anyone with a company credit card. In fact, purchase and management of SaaS apps are increasingly being controlled by business units, making it more difficult for IT to have visibility into SaaS usage and spend.

With “business-led IT” becoming more the norm rather than the exception, SHI’s SaaS and 365 Insights are designed to provide centralized visibility of SaaS and granular detail of 365 usage and spend across your organization.

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Read on to learn how one customer is staying in control and staying optimized with SHI’s 365 Insights >>>

With their second Microsoft true-up coming up and concerns about the integrity of the data provided by a previous partner, Essex County registered for SHI’s 365 Insights and realized the following results:

“The $100k in savings identified through the deprovisioning process will help Essex County reallocate the savings to fund other initiatives, like purchasing additional critical software and training to further support and enhance our employee experience. Not to mention that from an ROI perspective the engagement paid for itself and then some!”

Carl E. Hunte
Assistant County Administrator / CIO Essex County, NJ

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