Case Study: Global Security Company achieves $1M in SAP license savings and optimized software spend with Flexera's FlexNet Manager Suite

How a Fortune 500 global security company discovered that 20% of its SAP licenses were unused

A Fortune 500 global security company that centralized IT in 2009 faced fragmented IT asset management across business units, with inconsistent hardware/software tracking, decentralized contract management and poor usage data that limited procurement leverage and increased compliance and cost risk.

The company implemented Flexera’s FlexNet Manager Suite (including FlexNet Manager for SAP Business Suite) to centralize entitlements, automate license reconciliation and optimize usage. The deployment revealed 20% of SAP licenses unused (avoiding about $1M in purchases), cut a Microsoft true‑up exposure from roughly $5M to $300K, reduced other compliance liability by about 75% (~$400K), and delivered more than $10M/year in savings while moving the organization from “Managed” to “Optimized” SAM maturity.