ACA Accelerate - Driving Unnecessary Costs Out of the IT Department

I have blogged about this in the past, but it makes sense to do another post on driving costs related to redundant or underused software out of a company.

With company's making the move to Windows 7, there is a perfect opportunity to look at the software that is being used, or more accurately not used, and then creating a definitive software library (DSL).

A properly executed process for determining at DSL can help drive hard cost savings in a company. The process that Avanade uses is called ACA Accelerate, which will help drive upwards of $500 in software license savings. Another offshoot is that fact that you do not need to support nearly as much software, so you should also see up to $500 is labor savings per desktop.

Below is a slide presentation that talks to ACA Accelerate.

Aca Accelerate Reducing Software Costs By Up to $500/Desktop

A typical engagement with Avanade is less that 2 months and based on the costs, the return on investment can be significant with a 20 X plus multiplier on the cost. With cost savings like this, you might even be able to cover the costs of a Windows 7 migration and have enough left over to take your team out for pizza (numerous times).

If you would like to find out more on how Avanade can help you creating a DSL, please contact us at 403-476-1473 or via email.

Creating a Definitive Software Library and Saving $330+/desktop

Does your company have a definitive software library? Do you know how much you are spending on software? Do you know how much you are potentially overspending on software?

Avanade Inc. has created IP or Avanade Connected Architecture (ACA) to assist companies with creating definitive software library called ACA Accelerate.

ACA Accelerate helps Avanade rapidly discover and rationalize an end-user computing landscape.

- ACA Accelerate can reduce per-seat TCO by up to 33%.
- ACA Accelerate is fast and is a prescriptive approach. Value is seen in a matter of days.
- ACA Accelerate gives you a consistent approach to collecting hardware and software inventory.
- After collection they can manually analyze the data in spreadsheets to compare Current State with Future State and drive cost savings.

Based on market information, the typical desktop costs an organization $5000/year to maintain. On average, 20% of that cost is software. By running ACA Accelerate, a company can potentially reduce their software costs by up to 33% or by $330.

On a firm that has 1000 desktops, this is a savings of $330,000 per year for redundant, unused and multiple software version of the same software. Running ACA Accelerate has a ROI that allows for a payback with in days or weeks.

WHen this service is utilized with a desktop transformation process, for example moving from Windows XP to Vista, an organization can typically cover a portion or potentially all of the costs of the migration. In addition, if a compnay were to look at Application Virtualization and Desktop Virtualization, these savings could be further enhanced.

ACA Accelerate can be demonstrated to your company.

For information on ACA Accelerate or other services that Avanade Inc. can provide your organization in Western Canada, please contact Chris Hamilton at 403-476-1473 or via email at chris.hamilton@avanade.com.

Avanade Inc.’s Calgary website can be viewed at www.avanadecalgary.com.