Centennial Software customer case studies

GB Group delivers software compliance with Centennial Discovery
When GB Group needed to gain complete control of its IT assets in order to maintain software license compliance, it turned to Centennial Discovery to reduce IT licensing and asset management spend.

Husqvarna achieves IT compliance with Discovery
When Husqvarna was faced with a corporate software licensing audit across its multi-site network – with a deadline of a matter of weeks - the organization turned to Centennial Discovery

Discovery ticks all the boxes for Endsleigh Insurance
When Endsleigh Insurance needed a hardware and Software Asset Management (SAM) tool to achieve FAST certification, Centennial Discovery was the only product in the market to match all its requirements

Leeds City Council successfully completes XP Migration with Discovery
Leeds City Council have demonstrated that by using a best of breed tool like Centennial Discovery, they have managed to successfully upgrade to Windows XP on-time and on-budget and are continuing to gain further cost savings. They are also using Discovery to work towards ITIL compliance

Inenco locks down data leakage with Centennial DeviceWall
When Inenco Group Limited wanted to increase endpoint security, gain more visibility and control of the movement of company data on and off its corporate network, the organization turned to DeviceWall

Locking down the Wyre with DeviceWall
When a virus spread across the network at Wyre Borough Council, the IT team decided it was time to take action to strengthen their network security. Since then DeviceWall has become an important part of the council’s layered approach to security.

BES Consulting manages IT
The UK's leading asbestos risk management firm turned to Centennial DeviceWall to help protect its data against accidental leakage.

Domino's Pizza delivers endpoint security with DeviceWall
When Domino's Pizza decided to extend the same levels of IT security that protected it against external hacking attacks onto their internal IT systems, they chose DeviceWall from Centennial Software to stop unauthorized portable device usage.

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine stays on top of regulatory compliance
The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) was created in 1985 to provide forensic pathology services, postgraduate instruction and training for doctors, medical undergraduates and related professionals. The VIFM also undertakes important research in the areas of forensic pathology and science and clinical forensic medicine.

Achieving compliance and cost cutting through better software management
Centennial Discovery helped The Telegraph Group gain complete control of their IT assets and identify £100,000 expenditure on unnecessary licenses

Gagdet security begins at home for NCHT
When one of the largest landlords in the UK wanted to protect its customers’ information against data leakage, it turned to the DeviceWall endpoint security solution from Centennial Software.

Health insurance giant immunizes against data theft
With the FSA highlighting the risk of data theft in the financial sector and more devices than ever entering the workplace, one of the UK's leading health insurance providers HSA turned to DeviceWall to help defend against the threats of identity theft and data loss.

PSECU deploys Centennial Discovery
In today's business environment where volume licensing has become the norm, most customers are at the mercy of large software vendors. Meeting the requirements and generating the information necessary to qualify for preferred software programs is a daunting task without the proper tools. Pennsylvania State Employee Credit Union (PSECU) – the state's largest credit union - understands how challenging that can be. When it applied for Microsoft's Enterprise Agreement in early 2006, the company was required to conduct a complete corporate-wide software audit to demonstrate license compliance.

Norwich Union and Axios partner to deliver effective IT asset management
When Norwich Union was looking for an IT Asset Management product set to help it gain tighter control of its IT infrastructure, its solution of choice was an end-to-end service offering by Axios Systems consisting of its core product, assyst and Centennial Discovery.

118 118 Calls on Centennial Discovery to provide a directory of software assets
Fast growth and a need to carefully control both IT costs and risks led the UK’s largest directory assistance provider, The Number 118 118 to call on Centennial Discovery to provide a complete inventory of all IT assets.

Discovery eases software license worries at Leicester Mercury Group
Like many organizations around the world, software compliance is a major concern for the Leicester Mercury Group.  But rather than accept the costly burden of managing software manually, the group is recognizing significant savings by using Discovery 2005 from Centennial Software to create a dynamic audit of all hardware and software deployed across its 600-PC network.

Madrid City Council increases operating efficiency and reduces costs with Centennial Discovery
The increasing need to manage a fast growing collection of hardware and software assets first led Madrid City Council to first adopt Centennial Discovery. Now in 2005, it has has expanded the use of Discovery with an extra 2000 licenses.

Discovery provides clean sweep at Ecolab
Due to its large number of sites and de-centralized operations, keeping tabs on all Ecolab’s IT assets is no easy task. But with Centennial Discovery® running across 5,000 PC clients in Europe, the company believes it not only has a better understanding of its network, but will also save considerable sums in terms of auditing, compliance and project planning.

London Borough of Islington improves asset visibility with Discovery
With the rapid increase of mobile workers and the need to actively manage its software license and support desk costs, the London Borough of Islington chose Centennial Discovery to help reduce unnecessary spending and to improve IT services.

Centennial Discovery helps report the facts on software use at FIVE
When UK television broadcaster, Five, embarked on FAST’s software compliance scheme, the IT team knew that the key to bringing the project in on time and on budget was finding an automated discovery tool to help them build an accurate picture of the software in use across the business.

Hobsons Bay City Council automates IT Asset Management with Discovery
Using Centennial Discovery to audit and manage its IT assets has enabled the Council to develop a clear and accurate view of its technology infrastructure, leading to increased operational efficiency and an easier life for management and technical support staff.

Glass's Information Services discover the value of software licenses
Whilst achieving FAST Gold Accreditation inevitably carries a cost in terms of time and technology; using Centennial Discovery to help implement best practice IT management enabled Glass’s Information Services to realize a substantial return on investment in terms of improved corporate governance and reduced software spend.

NCH achieves record-breaking FAST accreditation
NCH achieves record-breaking FAST accreditation with Centennial Discovery

How Centennial Discovery put Merton Council in the driving seat of a software license inspection from Microsoft
Rather than answer a call from Microsoft to prove its license compliance with a physical walkround audit, Merton Council chose to save time and money with an automatic audit using Centennial Discovery

Bentall makes good capital from IT assets with Centennial Discovery
With IT resources spread over 50 offices, Bentall Capital turned to Centennial Discovery to effectively audit and manage all IT assets across the organization.

Getronics Espana Solutions audits total infrastructure wih Centennial Discovery
The need to keep an updated inventory of IT resources for monitoring and maintenance purposes led Getronics España Solutions to opt for Centennial Discovery to automatically audit and track its 10,000 PCs distributed throughout Spain.

easyJet successfully navigates technology turbulence with Centennial Discovery
Helping the £374 million merger with GoFly and handling a Microsoft software audit meant that Centennial Discovery earned its wings in record time at easyJet.

Asset tracking for the CSO with Centennial Discovery
The ability to quickly and accurately audit networked PCs, remote offices and even home workers made Centennial Discovery the natural choice for Ireland's Central Statistics Office.

Leicester City Council tracks IT changes with Centennial Discovery
With more than 130 sites and 2,300 PCs across the city, Leicester City Council is using Centennial Discovery to provide accurate audit data at the touch of a button

HQ Land Command uses Centennial Discovery to assist in the convergence of the MoD IT infrastructure
As part of a massive consolidation of military computer systems, Land Command's IT division turned to Centennial Discovery to provide an accurate audit of its distributed network