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Software Usage Monitoring and Optimization
Learn how usage monitoring in an E&P IT environment can be beneficial for many stakeholders; executives and IT management, individual users, and also providers to the industry.
As businesses grow across regions and time zones, ensuring seamless access to essential software becomes increasingly complex. At COExperience 2025, Open iT will present “License Availability & Accessibility Across Regions & Time Zones.” Linda Cole, Senior Solutions Architect, and Brandi Boyd, Project Manager, explore strategies to optimize software license management and support globally distributed teams.
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently claimed that many federal agencies hold more software licenses than they have employees—many of which remain unused. This isn’t just wasteful; it highlights a missed opportunity for government software optimization at scale. Without centralized oversight, usage visibility, or a clear optimization strategy, agencies risk overspending, underutilizing assets, and
It’s official and urgent—ArcGIS Desktop, the widely used geographic information system (GIS) platform, will retire on March 1, 2026. Is your software license management strategy ready for the transition? Esri has already stopped selling new ArcGIS Desktop licenses as of July 2024, and maintenance support will end by the March 2026 deadline. Organizations that delay
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