Microsoft ISV Royalty Licensing Program Customer Solution Case Study Healthcare ISV Passes Volume Licensing Savings on to Customers “The pricing advantage gained through the ISV Royalty Overview Country or Region: United States Licensing Program enables us to provide highly Industry: Information advanced Microsoft technologies with our solutions at a price point that keeps us cost competitive.” Customer Profile Allscripts provides healthcare information Steven P. Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Corporate Business Development, Allscripts technology solutions for physicians, Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions (Allscripts) offers one of the hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Based in Chicago, Illinois, it employs broadest choices of innovative healthcare software from a single approximately 2,500 people. company. Its solutions, ranging from electronic health records to Business Situation homecare automation, run on the Windows operating system The company wanted to reduce costs for and interoperate with other Microsoft programs. To reduce the its customers by providing unified solutions that include Microsoft product cost and complexity of deploying and maintaining its offerings, licenses and preconfigured Microsoft Allscripts wanted to provide unified solutions preconfigured with software. the underlying Microsoft software. After joining the Microsoft Solution Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Royalty Licensing Program, Allscripts enrolled in the Microsoft ISV Royalty Licensing Program and gained Allscripts now provides customers with complete solutions that the right to license Microsoft products as include Microsoft software licenses and embedded maintenance. part of unified solutions to be distributed to customers. Allscripts benefits from reduced licensing costs and simplified deployment and administration, which makes it possible to Benefits Simplified licensing and deployment deliver optimized solutions to customers at a more competitive Up to 50 percent savings on Microsoft price. licenses Enhanced support Reduced administration time
Microsoft ISV Royalty Licensing Program Customer Solution Case Study Healthcare ISV Passes Volume Licensing Savings on to Customers Overview Country or Region: United States Industry: Information Customer Profile Allscripts provides healthcare information technology solutions for physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Based in Chicago, Illinois, it employs approximately 2,500 people. Business Situation The company wanted to reduce costs for its customers by providing unified solutions that include Microsoft product licenses and preconfigured Microsoft software. Solution Allscripts enrolled in the Microsoft ISV Royalty Licensing Program and gained the right to license Microsoft products as part of unified solutions to be distributed to customers. Benefits Simplified licensing and deployment Up to 50 percent savings on Microsoft licenses Enhanced support Reduced administration time “The pricing advantage gained through the ISV Royalty Licensing Program enables us to provide highly advanced Microsoft technologies with our solutions at a price point that keeps us cost competitive.” Steven P. Schwartz, Senior Vice President, Corporate Business Development, Allscripts Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions (Allscripts) offers one of the broadest choices of innovative healthcare software from a single company. Its solutions, ranging from electronic health records to homecare automation, run on the Windows operating system and interoperate with other Microsoft programs. To reduce the cost and complexity of deploying and maintaining its offerings, Allscripts wanted to provide unified solutions preconfigured with the underlying Microsoft software. After joining the Microsoft Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Royalty Licensing Program, Allscripts now provides customers with complete solutions that include Microsoft software licenses and embedded maintenance. Allscripts benefits from reduced licensing costs and simplified deployment and administration, which makes it possible to deliver optimized solutions to customers at a more competitive price.
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