Many IT estates run on licences purchased years ago, long before current workloads, pricing models, and cloud strategies were in place. What looks like “business as usual” often hides waste, such as underutilised licenses, over-provisioned servers, and outdated contracts, which drain budgets.

Why Legacy Licences Drain More Than Budgets

Without a clear view of licensing and utilisation, organisations risk:

• Paying for what isn’t used: Idle workloads and duplicate licences quietly consume budgets.
• Locked-in contracts: Long-term agreements with Oracle, SQL Server, or Windows leave little room to adapt.
• Migration barriers: Unclear licensing terms make cloud moves riskier and more expensive.

According to AWS’s Optimisation and Licensing Assessment (OLA), organisations often discover double-digit percentage savings simply by making licence use transparent. OLA shines a light on hidden costs, creating the evidence leaders need to act.

How AWS OLA Exposes Hidden Costs

• Workload discovery builds a verified inventory of contracts, licences, and performance.
• Utilisation analysis highlights underused resources and over-provisioned systems.
• Licensing patterns reveal where spend can be reduced or contracts renegotiated.
• Modernisation insights identify which workloads to retire, optimise, or migrate.

This fact-based view eliminates guesswork, replacing assumptions with hard data that boards and finance leaders trust.

What Visibility Delivers

• Measured savings in SQL Server, Oracle, and Windows licensing costs.
• Reduced migration risk by clarifying which workloads to move and how.
• Stronger business case with quantified savings and timelines.

You can’t optimise what you can’t see.

OLA turns legacy licensing into clear opportunities for savings and smarter decisions.

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