DATASHEET

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence
IT teams are tasked to proactively manage software
sprawl, keep security risks in check and look forVisibility

Renewals

Spend

Risks

Savings

ways to optimize spend. The number of software
titles is growing rapidly, with remote work further
accelerating software self-service and SaaS usage.
IT teams that are not effectively tracking theirsoftware assets might end up spending more thanthey need to and putting their security at risk.

Get the Software Insights
You Need — Fast
In an average month, organizations may spend40 hours or more managing software and SaaS

Ivanti® Neurons for Spend Intelligence provides

application vendors, usage, overall spend, andinstant insights into an organization’s software

contract renewals. A Microsoft Enterprise Agreement

landscape and application spend for on-premises,

true-up preparation, for instance, can take two months

cloud and edge environments to help improveand up to 120 hours of productive time. A full contract

operational speed, asset visibility and utilization.

renewal may take 300 or more hours to complete.

The solution offers visibility into potential over- orMany Software Asset Management (SAM) solutions

underspending issues and includes the ability toavailable in the market today require extensive

create software reclamation requests in ITSM,

knowledge, managed services, licensing expertise,

helping to maximize cost-efficiency and reduce risk.

and tool administration training.

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence is designed forbusy IT teams who need to make software-licenserelated decisions quickly. Unlike complex software
licensing tools, Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligenceis easy and intuitive to use, with faster time-tovalue. Within minutes, a detailed analysis of usage,
license types, purchases, subscriptions, renewals andinstances are presented in engaging dashboards tohelp you effectively track usage, purchase history,
upcoming renewals, contract expirations, and ongoingoverall spend. No prior SAM knowledge or technicalasset management background is required. Ivantieliminates the need to scramble to find information in
spreadsheets or spend weeks preparing for contract
renewals. Interactive mini tour guides make it easy foreven the novice to start managing the software estate.

ivanti.com

Uncover the Full Potentialof Your Software

Instant Visibility intoYour Software Estate

Ivanti Neurons for Software Intelligence significantly

Having clear visibility of your software assets leads

reduces the time and effort required to efficiently

to better IT insights—and better business outcomes.

manage your software. It aggregates installed

It lays the foundation to properly manage, secure,software information with purchase information andand optimize your software estate. With complete

provides insights about software and subscriptions

visibility of your on-premises and SaaS software,

The content rich Software Library supports more thanpurchased and used, as well as money spent.

you’ll understand what you have, be able to act

84,000 products, over 17,000 operating systems andmore decisively to improve the experience of your8,000 vendors. The SKU Library has over 214,000

employees and enable your IT team to be even more

SKU records to help you to recognize the software

productive and efficient.

titles you have installed as well as identify software

With Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence:■ Gain instant visibility across your on-premises andSaaS softwareIvanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence provides a quick
overview of your installed software estate and makes
it easy to identify your strategic vendors and producttitles. It also helps you to understand the device split
between your servers and clients, different platforms,
Windows and Mac devices, and more..

programs that require a license.

■ Easily track your software application spend.
■ Effectively manage your license subscriptions andcontract renewals.
■ Pinpoint potential areas of security andcompliance risks.
■ Identify savings opportunities and optimize youroverall costs

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence | DATASHEET

2Track Your Software
Application Spend
Without effectively tracking your software, chances
are you’re overspending. Software on average makes
up 22 percent of an organization’s annual IT Budget.
Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence gives you aquick overview of what your software is costing you.
It supports three different cost types:■ Retail Recommended Price (RRP) which is stored

in the SKU library for top vendors like Microsoftand Adobe■ Customer specific pricelist, designed to addressscenarios where customers have a fixed pricelist
for specific vendors.
■ Customer specific cost per individual transactions,designed to address different prices for thesame products.
Due to lack of oversight, many organizations areoverspending on their SaaS solutions by up to 70%.

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence displays you

Cloud subscriptions may not be used as productively

the rolling spend within 365 days so you can makeor as often as expected. Access to SaaS applications

informed decisions about your software andis rarely, if ever, reviewed on a regular basis. WithSaaS applications.

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence, you caneasily identify waste from unused or inactive SaaS
subscriptions and make necessary adjustments based

Role-based access control helps to govern who cansee and modify the sensitive cost data.

on actual consumption.

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence | DATASHEET

3

Understand Your Security
and Compliance Risks

Right-size Your Contracts
Based on Usage

Many SAM managers aim to build granular level

It is critical to track contract timelines to ensure that

Effective License Positions (ELPs) for multiplecontracts don’t renew by default, thereby missing aIvanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence comes withvendors; however, this is a very time-consuming andrenegotiation or termination possibility and to ensure

multiple easy to use license management capabilities.

costly process. Often ELP reports are not refreshedseamless continuity of service.

Your license and contract information will be sliced inin a timely manner or built only for the top vendors,leaving various blind spots across the software estate.
IT teams often end up making their best guestimate
when rapid decisions need to be made.

Most cloud resources are priced by consumption, sonegotiating with the business to reduce waste andoverconsumption is typically the most effective way tocontain cloud costs.

With Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence, you canproactively manage your on-premises and SaaSrenewals.

different views and presented in informative widgets
that will allow you to start preparing for your renewals
ahead of time and ensure the contracts align to yourbusiness needs.

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence enables
companies to highlight and track unsupported andunauthorized software that impacts security andcompliance risk.
Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence provides you
with quick insights into software owned versus whatsoftware you have deployed. You can easily alignyour license and maintenance purchases to matchthe installed software versions by performing simple
upgrade and downgrade adjustments.
Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence highlights
installed software programs that have reached orare about to reach their end-of-life which carries
potential security risks for your business if not
managed properly.

Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence | DATASHEET

4

Identify Savings Opportunities
With the constant imperative to reduce costs, your ITteam should not overlook opportunities to optimize
your software spend to ensure you only pay for theapplications and services your organization needs.
So how big is the savings potential? According toIAITAM, an effective IT asset management program
can cut software costs by as much as 25% - 50%.

Visit ivanti.com/products/ivanti-neurons-spendintelligence to see if Ivanti Neurons for SpendIntelligence can help your organization getinstant insights into your software landscape andapplication spend.

please visit ivanti.com

About Ivanti
Ivanti elevates and secures Everywhere Workso that people and organizations can thrive. We

It is not mandatory to have the latest and granularmake technology work for people, not the other

ELP in place. Ivanti Neurons for Spend Intelligence

way around. Today’s employees use a wide range

gives you valuable insights to identify your savingof corporate and personal devices to access IT

opportunities.

applications and data over multiple networks to stayFor on-premises installed software, Ivanti Neurons
for Spend Intelligence summarizes the usage dataand provides you with the list of candidates wheresoftware can be reclaimed, and licenses retrievedback to the pool.

productive, wherever and however they work. Ivantiis the only technology company that finds, manages
and protects every IT asset and endpoint in anorganization. Over 40,000 customers, including 88
of the Fortune 100, have chosen Ivanti to help themdeliver an excellent digital employee experience

You can also identify multiple savings for SaaSand improve IT and security team productivity

applications like OKTA (SSO), Office 365, Adobe andand efficiency. At Ivanti, we strive to create anSalesforce.

environment where all perspectives are heard,

Once the data flows are set the solution will startbuilding the usage history. Ivanti Neurons for SpendIntelligence has inbuilt logic that will analyze yourSaaS data and will provide multiple out-of-the-box
stats and insights about your SaaS applications
and users, identifying inactive users, low usage
applications, external users and more.

Copyright © 2023, Ivanti. All rights reserved. IVI-2572 NH

For more information, or to contact Ivanti,

respected and valued and are committed to a moresustainable future for our customers, partners,
employees and the planet. For more information,
visit ivanti.com.