Kaizen Gaming unearths 2000 unmanaged applications

“We chose Zluri for a wide range of reasons. The wealth of platform features, app visibility, integrations for optimized license management, cost management insights, ease of communication, pricing, and willingness for customization.” - Charis Christoforidis, Internal Systems Manager, Kaizen Gaming

The Challenge:

Kaizen Gaming evolved into a massive force in a short time, and operational complexities come with rapid scaling. The tech stack grew exponentially, and SaaS usage accelerated across the organization. Kaizen manually tracked their SaaS apps in an Excel spreadsheet. This led to a major visibility problem for business leaders within the org as they had no insight into:

1. Security posture: IT did not manage many unused, underused, and redundant apps, increasing security vulnerabilities for Kaizen. 
2. Accountability - a lack of accountability led to confusion of internal ownership, usage, and departmental overspending.
3. Options to optimize contracts and license management - the management team had no optimization options available due to the lack of centralized visibility into license expenditures and the absence of guardrails to prevent redundant spending on apps.

“We discovered more than 2000 applications with Zluri. We hadn’t expected that to be the case” - Charis Christoforidis, Internal Systems Manager, Kaizen Gaming.

The Solution:

With Zluri, Kaizen Gaming discovered more than 2000 applications, many of which were unused or underused. In addition, they discovered multiple applications serving a similar purpose across teams. This comprehensive visibility helped Kaizen understand who the application owners were in a single dashboard.

“We have been collaborating internally for some months now on integrating major tools. We often take advantage of the “Optimization” feature to unassign licenses.” - Charis Christoforidis, Internal Systems Manager, Kaizen Gaming.

On solving the visibility side of the challenge, Zluri was able to give a centralized view of 150+ contracts, owners, renewals, etc. These timely insights into the contracts and licenses led to a significant cost reduction on unrevoked, unused, and underutilized licenses.

Conclusion:

Zluri continually helps Kaizen Gaming streamline SaaS management so management can focus on keeping up with the company’s rapid growth rate.

“We have a true partnership with Zluri because they are very open to our requirements and feedback.” - Charis Christoforidis, Internal Systems Manager, Kaizen Gaming.