Licensing Consultancy Services
We recognise that our customers can find themselves struggling with the plethora of rules and regulations around Software Licensing agreements.
Understanding which one is right for your business, what benefits you should be unlocking from those agreements and how you should structure agreements and various products within those agreements can be an absolute minefield. Our people are our best assets, we recruit and maintain the best people in the industry, so you can always be sure that you are working with absolute specialists to advise you on the best agreement types for you.
Introducing Bytes Licensing Consultancy Services
We make it our business to ensure that we are always at your side throughout the entire cycle of your Licensing contracts.
The hallmark of our service to you is our ability to ensure that we are working with you day to day, understanding the shifting needs of your organisation and proactively suggesting ways to save you money – either by ensuring that you are procuring against the correct license type for the usage required by your organisation, or that you are getting the best value from the agreement that you hold.
The support that we provide to our customers is not an additional charge, or in anyway a restricted engagement. We offer this service as part of business as normal for you. Our Licensing Consultants are your partners, and we believe that this really is a true value-add to our customers. We try to minimise any "churn", so you can really build a close relationship with your support team at Bytes.
Our People
We recruit and retain the very best people in the Software Licensing business. When you start working with Bytes, you are bound to come across some familiar names and faces!
We believe that we have a higher percentage of qualified Licensing Professionals than any other organisation in the UK.
When recruited, if not already multi-vendor qualified, we ensure that every Licensing Consultant goes becomes a Microsoft Certified Professional as soon as they have completed their induction period within the business.
We also ensure that our Licensing Consultants are accredited with all the Tier 1 vendors – it's not just our Microsoft qualifications that mean we are ahead of the crowd. Our Licensing Consultants are typically also Symantec Certified Sales Professionals, Adobe Specialists, Citrix Certified Sales Practitioners and VMWare Virtualisation Sales Professionals.
Vendor world - "three way engagement" mode
The relationships that we build with our vendors we use to ensure that our Licensing Consultants are always well trained and up to speed with new technologies and therefore able to Consultant independently with you, but also are able bring you up to date vendor knowledge. Additionally, we aim to ensure that you have access to the critical business managers within those businesses.
Vendor Licensing Statements
Our vendor engagements, coupled with the services available through our highly experienced Software Asset Management (SAM) division enable us to provide our customers with licensing statements across a broad range of vendors and licensing contracts. We are also able to provide more highly advanced SAM services, including license consolidation services and entitlement reporting, right through to full asset control managed services.
How we operate
What can you expect from Bytes Software Services?
When you engage with Bytes for Software Licensing Consultancy, you can expect a whole range of services, including, but not limited to
- Enforced, personalised and regularly reviewed SLAs
- Implementation planning services
- A true partnership with your Licensing Consultant and all our Internal Support teams
- Support and active nurturing of engagements with key contacts within the vendors
- A sympathetic ear – we work hard to understand your objectives and help you to achieve them
