Get expert coverage on your Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, VMware, Salesforce, ServiceNow and IBM contracts – from compelling events like audits and renewals to routine optimizations that reduce cost and manage risk.
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Optimization as a Service is a modern solution for modern enterprises.
Built to move with your company, we deliver fully managed optimization that drives real value.
Optimization as a Service (OaaS) is a continuous, value-driven license optimization program that delivers end-to-end, customizable support across your licensing lifecycle. Get dedicated licensing experts in your corner to optimize license management, support critical events, and generate real savings year-round.
Regular assessments to identify and eliminate inefficiencies.
Ongoing adjustments to maximize license utilization and prevent waste.
Proactive monitoring and strategic adjustments to reduce overspending.
Discover new savings opportunities with every cycle.
Savings achieved are reinvested into further optimization.
Optimization services become self-funding over time, continuously driving added value.
Access to licensing expertise and negotiation support.
Stay audit-ready with proactive license management and vendor compliance.
Customizable service scope, cadence and vendor focus based on evolving business needs.
Dynamic focus to address unexpected events like audits.
The software landscape has changed, but software licensing services have lagged behind. With static project scopes built for static software environments, traditional MSPs offer limited flexibility, low realized value, and reactive remediation.
100% vendor and tool agnostic
Often partnered or incentivized
Customizable service scope, cadence and vendor focus based on evolving business need
Lower service flexibility after signing
In-house enablement via knowledge sharing from senior vendor experts available on demand
Siloed access to expert knowledge, typically of a limited depth
Proactive value generation, cost avoidance and strategic licensing alignment
Reactive, scope-limited remediation due to SLA-driven tasks
Long-term, strategic alignment across lifecycle
Time-bound service contracts, often siloed by function
Regular, actionable insights and recommendations with outputs tailored to stakeholder requirements
Standard reporting, often technical or operational
Data-first, advisory-led, outcomes-focussed
Process-first, tool-led, outputs-focussed
Proactive value generation, cost avoidance, strategic licensing alignment resulting in a self-funding SAM model
Operational, steady-state maintenance
Specialized experience with all major vendors, supporting in-cycle and mid-term to ensure constant preparedness
General experience with many vendors, support often triggered at contract events
Deep, scenario-based savings strategies based on regular license assessments and cost saving cycles
Limited to basic licensing hygiene or milestone-based optimization reviews
Detailed negotiation support, including renewal benchmarking and negotiation playbook creation
Not typically offered
Unbiased and tool agnostic recommendations, ability to assist in configuration if required
Partnered with a tool provider or platform
Key SAP OaaS Offerings:
• Baseline Establishment and Ongoing Analysis
• Quarterly License Inventory Updates
• Ongoing Data Collection and Validation
• Ongoing Deployment and Usage Assessment
• Expert Advisory & Quarterly Business Review
• Dedicated Account Management
Key Oracle OaaS Offerings:
• Contractual and Entitlement Advisory
• Baseline Establishment and Ongoing Analysis
• Quarterly License Inventory Updates
• Data Collection and Validation
• Deployment and Usage Assessment
• Expert Advisory & Quarterly Business Review
• Dedicated Account Management
Scale back our OaaS program to consolidate support on once-off coverage of critical events like annual renewals, true-ups, audit defence, and cost reduction projects.
Get peace of mind that your software environments is always optimized - from compelling events like audits and renewals to routine optimizations that reduce cost and manage risk year-over-year.
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Welcome to our FAQ section! Here you’ll find answers to some of the most common questions we receive about our methodology and services. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, feel free to reach out to us directly!
We offer two engagement models:
Once-Off Optimization: Targeted, high-impact work focused on solving a specific challenge over a short time period, typically around a contract milestone.
Optimization as a Service (OaaS): A comprehensive service providing continuous optimization of your Microsoft, SAP, or Oracle environments. Both are designed to deliver measurable value, but due to the ongoing engagement of OaaS, it is able to drive continuous returns and add strategic value via proactive, in-cycle optimization rather than just at a point in time or around an agreement milestone.
You can engage 2Data at any point in time for either of these service plans, but they are best suited for different scenarios:
Once-Off optimizations are ideal around key agreement or contract milestones – think renewal periods, true-ups, or audits – when targeted expertise is needed to drive decisions or ensure optimization and cost savings.
Optimization as a Service (OaaS) can be engaged at any point in your software lifecycle to provide full-spectrum, ongoing support for both key milestones and routine optimization and management. For this reason it’s better suited to yield proactive cost control and continuous improvement above and beyond milestone-driven interventions.
With a Once-Off engagement, we take the lead on a defined milestone (such as a renewal or contract negotiation), providing targeted support to deliver a successful outcome. Outside of that scope (e.g., mid-term audits or unexpected true ups), your internal team remains fully responsible unless additional support is contracted.
With Optimization as a Service (OaaS), we provide end-to-end support across the entire software lifecycle. From routine optimization to unplanned events, we act as an extension of your team, reducing internal workload and ensuring optimal continuity, preparedness, and expert guidance at every stage.
Absolutely! Depending on the maturity of your SAM program and your organizational goals, we may even suggest a longer-term project to drive more value.
While our Optimization as a Service (OaaS) model is designed for long-term value, some clients choose to begin with a one-time engagement to address an immediate need. If ongoing support becomes relevant, we then build a flexible, tailored model that allows for variation in services year-over-year. Our goal is to create a long-term approach that aligns with your evolving priorities.
A Once-Off engagement delivers value by optimizing at a key moment, typically around a renewal or contract milestone. This ensures you’re in the best possible position at that time. However, if their SAM program doesn’t fundamentally change after the milestone passes, clients can experience inefficiencies creeping back in that erode savings over time.
With Optimization as a Service (OaaS), value is continuous. You stay in a peak optimization state year-round, avoiding savings erosion and staying ahead of vendor-driven changes. Over time, this consistent support enables a self-funding model, where ongoing savings help fund future optimization – creating compounding value rather than one-off wins.
