Case Study: US Military Agency achieves $1.7M annual software savings (over $17M total) with Flexera's FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications

US Military Agency Gaining control of license management

A US military agency with roughly 17,000 staff faced shrinking IT budgets, decentralized software procurement, and manual license-tracking that led to wasted spend and poor visibility. The agency set a goal to cut $15 million from FY2012 IT operational costs by centralizing license management and optimizing software use.

The agency implemented FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications, consolidated Autodesk agreements into concurrent network licenses, and centralized license servers; licenses were reduced from about 3,500 to 800 while user coverage rose 115%. Autodesk maintenance costs fell from $3.5M to ~$400K, the agency saved more than $17M over 2006–2011, and it expects roughly $1.7M in ongoing annual savings (with a projected $4.8M annual reduction across two key vendors), meeting its broader cost-reduction targets.