SoftwareONE

SoftwareONE
Private
Industry

Software and IT Consulting Software and Services Provider

Software reseller and volume licensing
Founded in 1985 [1]
Headquarters Stans, Switzerland
Number of locations
 82 (2015)
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Daniel von Stockar (Chairman), Patrick Winter (CEO)
Services Software Portfolio Management
Revenue $5.5 billion USD (2015) - over 40 % growth year over year
Number of employees
 Over 3,000 (2015) worldwide
Subsidiaries 65 local subsidiaries, 82 countries served with local sales and clients served in more than 145 countries
Website softwareone.com

SoftwareONE is a privately owned, global organization that provides consultative services on technology trends, software licensing and procurement, and compliance mitigation strategies for software publisher audits. The complete combination of these services forms the company’s Software Portfolio Management (SPM) methodology, which ensures the entire lifecycle of an organization’s IT investments are strategically roadmapped by reconciling existing legacy systems against future technology needs.

SoftwareONE[2] has 65 subsidiaries that serve customers in 145 countries, with its global headquarters in Stans, Switzerland. SoftwareONE’s consultants are certified across several publishers, most notably Microsoft,[3] Oracle, IBM, SAP, VMware, Symantec, Adobe, and Citrix.

KKR, the private equity firm, purchased a 25% stake in SoftwareONE in August 2015.[4]

Services

Software Portfolio Management

Software Portfolio Management (SPM) is an enterprise-grade methodology that combines the three core elements of Software Asset Management (SAM), technology demand roadmaps, and commercial analysis services to drive an all-up view of IT investments. The aim is to help organizations better predict and budget for their long-term software spend by analyzing the organization's existing software systems and developing a framework that helps them transition to their future IT over a planned period of time. SPM "de-silos" previously segregated lines of business and purchasing entities (normally some combination of Procurement, IT, Legal, and Finance), to create a comprehensive cost management profile.

Software Asset Management (SAM)

Software Asset Management (SAM)[5] helps organizations understand their current state of compliance with regards to software publisher records. It is a reconciliation practice between what is actually installed within the organization and what the publisher has on record. If the publisher says the customer has fewer licenses than are installed within the database, then the customer is considered “non-compliant” and will be audited by a third party agency. SAM can either be proactive by helping organizations maintain efficient processes and procedures that reduce the chance of an audit, or SAM can be a reactive practice that helps guide a customer through a publisher audit.

Software Procurement Services

Software Procurement Services includes advice on end-to-end software procurement best practices throughout the entire software lifecycle. SoftwareONE can also outtask the management of software spend and licenses on behalf of the customer.

Technology Services

Technology Services include the preparation or review of technology roadmaps with a focus on key technologies, including cloud and virtualization, with an aim to manage the total cost of ownership (TCO). The company's Technology Services provides awareness on the technology roadmap of major suppliers to provide an early warning system for new software releases and changes to licensing. It also takes into account the processes for the replacement of unsupported software and associated extended support costs.

Cloud Services

Cloud solutions enable flexible, scalable, and secure business productivity solutions while reducing overall IT costs. Since the cloud is still a relatively new technology, many organizations have difficulty distinguishing between the various cloud models, especially as it relates to the organization's future IT strategy with current capabilities.

PyraCloud: The Software Portfolio in a digital platform

As noted in FinancialIT [6] “Nowadays many organizations migrate their IT infrastructure from on-premises applications to the cloud and would like to have a more holistic and dynamic view of their software consumption”. PyraCloud[7] is SoftwareONE's proprietary platform that gives real-time access to all of an organisation's license contract information, procurement and usage details. With PyraCloud reporting, organizations can also see how much of their cloud resources are being consumed on a monthly basis.


Partner

Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. SoftwareONE are Platinum, Enterprise, Premium, Gold, Silver Partner and Authorized Reseller for more than 9,000 Publishers. CRN has named SoftwareONE #14 on its 2016 Solution Provider 500 list of the annual ranking of IT Consultants and Solution Providers in North America.[8]

Awards

Americas

2016

2015

2014

2013

Europe

2014: Microsoft SAM Partner of the Year, Switzerland

2013:

Asia

2015: Microsoft WPC Award Winner Country Partner of the Year - Singapore

2014: ASEAN FY14 Citrix Silver Partner of the Year - Malaysia

2013: Microsoft WPC Award Winner Country Partner of the Year – India [9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.softwareone.com/en-us/Events/Press/Documents/SoftwareONE%20Named%20Finalist%20for%202013%20MS%20Volume%20Licensing%20PotY%20Award%20vF.pdf
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLicensingExperts
  3. ↑ https://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Companies/4295943603
  4. ↑ http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150817005520/en/SoftwareONE-partners-KKR-accelerate-future-growth
  5. ↑ http://techday.ca/s93j4aa/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/SoftwareONE-Software-Assest-Management.pdf
  6. ↑ https://financialit.net/publications/product-reviews/insure-your-budget-and-software-consumption-needs-can-be-met-pyracloud
  7. ↑ http://www.slideshare.net/SoftwareONE_US/pyracloud-pro
  8. ↑ jcaponi. "2016 Solution Provider 500 - Page 1 | CRN". CRN. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  9. ↑ Awards
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