TCO reduction through improved software license management

At Banksys, Microsoft SMS 2003 migration has been successfully executed by Computacenter.

With more than 1.700 PCs and 500 applications at Banksys, you can easily imagine that efficient software licensing management will seriously improve cost reduction. Thanks to SMS (Systems Management Server), the IT management maintains a detailed inventory of hardware and software, controls application utilisation, distributes software and is able to solve problems remotely.

Six percent costs saving expected
An appropriate use of SMS definitively assists in reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Thanks to SMS 2003, Fanny Timmerman, Responsible for End user Computing at Banksys, is expecting at least six percent cost saving on the total allocated software budget. “However this impact should be considered on a 1 to 1.5 year time period”

In agreement with the IT Integrator, an  intermediary between IT department and end users, it is decided if specific licenses will be removed and/or if the applications list of certain user profiles should not be adapted in future. The utilisation of a product such as SMS also assists the company with standardisation of software and specific applications.

Expertise of Computacenter
“We are not handling this kind of migration with our own staff” says Fanny Timmerman, Responsible for End User Computing in  the IT Department at Banksys, “on top of resources and time, a very specific know how is required”.

It is not surprising that Banksys asked Computacenter to handle this SMS 2003 migration. Computacenter is already a well known supplier at Banksys for the PC equipment (HP), as well as for support and involvement in other projects. Banksys appreciated that Computacenter applied a clear methodology as of the proposal stage, foreseeing a pilot test phase for verification of successful migration. 

Banksys has been very satisfied with the collaboration. “Everything went perfectly well, the project was executed within the planned timeframe, and the budget has not increased, on the contrary”.
 

About Banksys:
Banksys has been created in 1989, following a merger between Bancontact and Mister Cash, and manages the Belgian payment network. Banksys develops and manages payment systems for the retail sector, such as Bancontact/Mister Cash and Proton. Also, Banksys handles the processing of electronic payment transactions. In addition, Banksys develops high-end technology solutions for electronic payment traffic which the company sells or rents in Belgium or abroad, for instance payment terminals or security solutions. The Belgian banks, which founded Banksys, are still shareholders today. Banksys has around thousand employees. In 2004, Banksys executed in Belgium more than 935 million transactions.