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Software budgets often lose value silently when license usage across departments lacks visibility.

OpenLM Projects give IT and procurement teams a clear view of consumption, attributing usage to specific teams and turning scattered data into real-time intelligence for informed decision-making.

This webinar will cover how organizations can eliminate waste, support procurement planning with real-time data, and substantiate spend with reliable reporting.

Designed for IT managers, software asset managers, and procurement leads at engineering-driven enterprises.

🗓️ Date: Wedenesday, 17 June, 2026
🎙️ Speaker: Pratibhas Patra
➡️ Register Now: https://www.openlm.com/webinar/driving-efficiency-with-openlm-projects-that-maximize-software-roi/

Token licensing sounds like a smart deal — pay only for what your team uses, skip the dedicated seats. But leave a few Autodesk or IBM Jazz sessions running over a weekend, and your entire quarterly token budget can disappear before Monday.

This latest blog breaks down how token licensing actually works, where it creates financial risk, and how teams managing Autodesk Token-Flex and IBM Jazz environments can stay in control.

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Looking back at our time at Knowledge‘26 in Las Vegas, one thing is abundantly clear: enterprise organizations are hungry for native IT governance.

Our team had an incredible experience connecting face-to-face with active platform users, building fresh pipelines, and catching up with our brilliant partners.

The biggest takeaway from our booth conversations? Organizations heavily reliant on the Now Platform are actively looking for native ways to govern specialized engineering software portfolios without leaving their primary IT service workflows.

A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by the OpenLM booth!

Explore our dedicated ServiceNow integration here 👉 https://www.openlm.com/openlm-for-servicenow/

License tracking can break down long before the licenses do — it starts with incomplete user data, unsynced directories, and missing groups.

On June 11, 2026, We will be hosting a free 30-minute live session on the full scope of user management in OpenLM — from structuring users, groups, and aliases to syncing directly with Active Directory and surfacing individual license insights through the personal dashboard.

This session is designed for managers, license administrators, and software asset managers who manage users whether the environment has 50 engineers or 5,000.

📆 Book your calendar ➡️ https://www.openlm.com/webinar/users-groups-directories-a-complete-guide-to-user-management/

500 Autodesk licenses purchased. How many are actually open?

Most IT and SAM teams can answer the first question instantly — but rarely the second. That gap between licenses owned and licenses understood is where software budgets go up.

License usage visibility isn't a reporting exercise. It's the foundation of every decision around software spend: what to renew, what to cut, and how to allocate access before engineers start queuing for tools.

This blog breaks down what real visibility looks like, what it costs to operate without it, and how to build a data-driven case before the next renewal conversation.

Why license usage visibility matters — and how to achieve it 🔗 https://www.openlm.com/blog/license-usage-visibility/

Are your software licenses actually being used — or just being held?
In many environments, licenses get checked out and left idle for hours. Meanwhile, other engineers are stuck waiting, workflows slow down, and productivity drops. The cost stays the same regardless.

License Harvesting automatically detects idle sessions and returns those licenses back to the pool in real time.

Drop a 🙋 if your team has ever been stuck waiting on a license that someone left open and walked away from . Explore the full feature here 👉 https://www.openlm.com/features/license-harvesting/

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If you're managing hardware license dongles across your organization — can you tell us right now which workstation each key is on, who's using it, and whether any lost dongles have quietly resurfaced?

Most and SAM teams can't. And that's a real visibility gap.

OpenLM Dongle Monitoring gives you a centralized, cloud-based registry with real-time visibility into every USB hardware key across your organization. No more spreadsheets and manual audits.

With OpenLM you can get:

➡️ Single registry for all hardware keys
➡️ Real-time tracking — workstation, user & duration
➡️ Blacklist lost dongles & get alerted the moment they reappear
➡️ Usage reports to drive smarter procurement decisions

With OpenLM, you can get: gap in your SLM strategy, we'd love to show you how it works. 👇

A question for IT and operations professionals across engineering, energy, defense, and creative industries — if you could fix one thing about software licensing at your organization tomorrow, what would it be?

Whether you're managing CAD tools at an automotive firm, simulation licenses at a defense contractor, or creative suites at an animation studio — the licensing complexity is real.

Vote below and share your answer in the comments. Every industry has a different answer, and we'd love to hear yours. 👇

If you could fix one software licensing problem at your org tomorrow, what would it be?

🔍 No visibility into who's actually using licenses
💸 Too many unused licenses eating up budget
🚨 Constant denials blocking engineers mid-work
📋 Compliance gaps & audit risk keeping us up at night

Face your next software license audit with confidence, not panic. When you have total visibility into your engineering software, you protect your budget and stay compliant.

Swipe through to discover the essential steps, tools, and best practices to simplify your audit preparation.

Read the full guide on our blog to build your strategy 👉 https://www.openlm.com/blog/preparing-for-a-software-license-audit-steps-tools-and-best-practices/

Software license management has evolved from an IT task into a strategic business priority.

As enterprises scale across cloud environments, managing software assets accurately has become increasingly complex. The risk of non-compliance is tangible, and organizations can no longer afford a reactive approach.

Mordor Intelligence's 2026 License Management Market Report outlines where the industry is heading — and OpenLM is recognized among the key players driving this space forward.

👉 Read the full report ➡️ https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/license-management-market