The Enterprise Software Reckoning
The Enterprise Software Reckoning sets out where value leaks across the estate, why the major vendors have changed the rules, and what separates the organizations that stay in control.
Stop paying for technology you don’t need.
Software Asset Management that helps enterprises cut software, cloud and AI costs, optimize licenses and improve vendor negotiations.
For Procurement
Livingstone’s proven vendor expertise and powerful usage insights save procurement teams an average of 38% when sourcing and renewing software agreements.
For IT leaders
Our managed services help IT teams gain control and clarity over budget, compliance, security and strategy so they always stay one step ahead when managing your estate.
For SAM Leaders
For SAM leads looking for that extra level of support, Livingstone provides the best data intelligence and expertise to replace pressure with a sense of empowerment.
Expert support across your software, cloud and AI estate
Get more value from your software, cloud and AI spend.
Control software costs
Spiraling spend spells bad news for your business. We’re on hand to help you rein in budget through savvy cost management in the face of vendor audits, contract renewals, and ongoing software maintenance.
Negotiate a vendor renewal
Control, calm, and confidence: three things we’ll arm you with to seal the best possible deal at your next renewal. Enter into negotiations knowing exactly what you’ve used and what you need in future.
Bring AI spend, governance and value under control
AI spend is growing fast and is often hard to see or control. Livingstone helps organisations govern AI, manage licences and token costs, and build stronger business cases for investment.
Reduce compliance risk
Risks are unavoidable, but we can shrink their likelihood. We’ll help you identify compliance risks across your software and cloud estates to mitigate them in the now and avoid them in the future.
Defend a software audit
Turn any audit into a golden opportunity with insight into reconciled inventory, entitlement, and contract information, and support from an expert team of data analysts and negotiation experts.
Microsoft Investment Management
Our Microsoft Investment Managed Service (MIMS) manages your entire Microsoft investment, giving you complete visibility, stronger security, increased adoption and less contract waste.
Contract Intelligence
Our Contract Intelligence solution helps you manage your contracts and entitlements by offering complete visibility, full searchability and predictive analytics to improve how you manage and optimize your contract portfolio.
Hybrid Cloud Cost Optimization
Hybrid Cloud optimization leverages industry-leading AI powered technology to help your organization uncover opportunities to increase the performance of your applications and optimize costs across the hybrid Cloud.
Results you can expect to see
38%
Average savings
$4b
Total savings delivered
8m
Mega vendor seats negotiated
3.9m
Assets under management
Why Livingstone
Livingstone: your partner for smarter software investment
World-leading expertise
Our team of software specialists and former vendor negotiators are the best in the business and they’ll work hard to help you. With years of experience supporting Fortune 500 enterprises and government organizations, we know what it takes to get the most out of your investments.
Data you can trust
Our data intelligence platform Acuity, replaces best guesses with brighter insights. Through clear, concise dashboards and reports, we provides a comprehensive overview of what you use and what you need. Use it to drive better decisions and wiser forecasting
Immediate commercial impact
$4bn saved for clients, at an average of 38% across software and cloud estates. Procurement, licensing, maintenance, renewals: we find the money others miss, and if we can’t, we won’t waste your time.
Customer testimonials
"Not only did we reduce our exposure, the budget we had forecast in our scenario planning exercise was translated into a major cost saving. The team was professional, knowledgeable & collaborative. In short, working with the Livingstone Group was a great experience, with a great result."
Software Asset Manager, Financial Services
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"We couldn't be happier with the amount of cost avoidance achieved. So much so, we'd advocate that other forces who are facing the same challenges as we were, also go through this optimization process, and have passed on Livingstone as a strong recommendation."
CIO, Law Enforcement
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