Unlock Cloud Flexibility With a Consumption-Based SaaS Model

A REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

A New Renewal Cadence
Opens a World of Possibilities

An IT management software company struggled for years to scale their VMware environment. They were purchasing VMware licensing as needed, and licensing and renewals were managed by only two people in the U.S. Their licenses were essentially “landlocked” and needed to be purchased in-country.

Further complicating matters was the fact that these perpetual licenses didn’t allow for SaaS conversions. They had a quarterly version release that the software company was responsible for testing and implementing.

Working with CDW, the customer defined the following needs:

THE RESULTS

No Longer “Landlocked,” Operations Accelerate Across All Clouds

Flipping vRealize to a consumption-based SaaS model accelerated the software company’s cloud adoption and contributed to their cloud-first initiative. The Cloud Universal Subscription helps ensure flexibility for the future, and the new ELA’s renewal cadence made the process less time-consuming and cumbersome so IT teams could focus on more strategic initiatives.

Here’s why it worked:

What’s next?

Now that the software company can maintain control, efficiency, governance and continuous operations, they can scale at their own pace and innovate without being bogged down by inefficient renewals.