Case Study: Commissioning Support Unit achieves full IT estate visibility and licensing optimization for 100,000 devices with Certero for Enterprise SAM (Certero)

The Commissioning Support Unit implements Advanced SAM solution to manage its 100,000 devices

The Commissioning Support Unit, which provides expert support to clinical commissioners and healthcare organisations serving over ten million people, faced the challenge of managing a merged estate of around 100,000 devices across more than 50 network domains with legacy processes and no single source of accurate asset data. To gain centralised visibility and control, the organisation selected Certero and implemented Certero for Enterprise SAM to replace fragmented tools and spreadsheets.

Certero deployed Certero for Enterprise SAM quickly to deliver comprehensive discovery, inventory and entitlement capture, producing an Effective License Position (ELP) per customer and advanced metering to show real usage. As a result, the Commissioning Support Unit now has fingertip access to a single, accurate data source for hardware, software and licensing, can identify re-harvesting opportunities and avoid unnecessary purchases, populate its CMDB, and generate tailored reports—transforming day-to-day operations and improving compliance and cost control across the 100,000-device estate.