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Home Services Source And Deploy Software Licensing Contract Management & Renewal

Contract Management & Renewal

Computacenter's Contract Management and Renewal service removes cost, complexity and risk from software procurement and IT operations, allowing customers to outsource time-consuming processes to a trusted partner.

A service component of our Software Licensing solution.

What we do

Computacenter's continuous service approach applies objectivity and independence to deliver peace of mind and ongoing cost savings.

Contract Renewal
As your agreements approach expiry Computacenter works with your team planning for contract renewal and identifying strategy.
Applying Computacenter's expertise, knowledge of terms agreed across our extensive customer base and vendor relationships; Computacenter applies additional leverage to your organisation's scale to optimise strategy.

Support and Maintenance Renewals
Centrally tracking software maintenance renewals and reviewing requirements proactively, this service ensures maintenance renewed in accordance with your business needs.
Licence Managers identify opportunities for consolidation, extended terms negotiation, alternative support levels and co-termination to ensure best value.

Service Wrap
As part of our commitment to customers, Computacenter offers a scalable tier of complementary services within licence procurement frameworks.

Consolidating your licence requirements with Computacenter, the scale of complimentary services is augmented with bespoke services and service credits tailored to meet your organisation's requirements.

How it helps

Computacenter's Contract Management and Renewal service streamlines the entire procurement process to drive:

Reduced costs
• Best price and strategic fit through purchasing scale and licensing to fit your roadmap for technology adoption and retirement
• Optimised discounting through consolidation of contracts and projected licence purchases to negotiate based on total scale
• Reduced operating expenditure by discontinued maintenance renewal on software no longer used
• Prevent penalty fines for late renewals
• Ensure maintenance renewals are made at the optimum price under optimum support level
• Leverage scale and accreditations of Computacenter to continuously reduce operating expenditure
• Consolidate and leverage global operations through Computacenter's international presence and partner network

Increased efficiencies
• Managed purchasing processes and controls
• Reduced administration by consolidating suppliers through a trusted partner
• Streamlined Management Information, increasing visibility and control
• Simplified management of consolidated contracts
• Proactive support from a trusted partner

Why we are different

Computacenter's depth of technical skill, experience and independence enable us to go beyond the supply chain to optimise your environment. Our pedigree is represented through extensive vendor accreditation but also longevity and stability – we're here for the long term to service your organisation's needs into the future.

Industry recognition:
Our services have been accredited by major software vendors, including Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, Symantec, Citrix and, VMware amongst many others. This extensive accreditation delivers superior buying power through a single point of procurement and service for your organisation.

Breadth of service:
Computacenter delivers real benefits to customers by leveraging our scale, capability and accreditations, passing buying power for over 1100 vendors onto you.

Continuity:
Computacenter's UK software team of 60 incorporates the industry's finest consultants, vendor management function to drive consolidation and service desk team to maintain continuity of service.

Where we have done it

Nationwide
One of the world's largest building societies, Nationwide has a significant reliance on applications to deliver services and administration across an extensive account base.

How Computacenter helped
Managing procurement and renewals from numerous software vendors whilst providing Nationwide with ongoing licensing services and vendor management.

Benefits
"We need to be able to deliver more for less and to ensure that the services we provide to customers are both highly available and of consistent quality. Computacenter is a key partner for us. It understands our business and culture, and delivers a professional, competitive and flexible service.By working together we have managed to simplify software procurement.

Thanks to Computacenter's buying power, we have managed to knock several thousand pounds a year off our overall software procurement bill"

Arthur Amos
Head of IT Planning and Governance
Nationwide