License harvesting allows organizations to optimize their software investments and reduce overall IT costs. Detecting unused licenses is especially relevant since roughly half of all installed software and licensed SaaS applications are unused by employees – costing organizations approximately $44,743,651 per month.
Managing and maintaining a complex IT infrastructure throughout an organization is no small feat. If this is your case, implementing a CMDB (Configuration Management Database) to support your IT Asset Management strategy will make a big difference. In a nutshell, a CMDB is at the core of the ITIL Configuration Management process since it enables you to capture a larger number of Configuration Items (CIs), their interdependencies, and any possible changes they might face.