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Made Simple Networking Software Metering & Asset Management Company: Engagent, Inc. Presented by: Todd Perrine E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.engagent.com Phone: 877-820-7980 Made Simple Networking Why Lan Licenser? Compliance Lan Licenser ensures legality throughout your Enterprise. Reporting Lan Licenser provides custom reporting of software usage. Made Simple Networking Statement of Direction Lan Licenser provides Business intelligence for your computer environment Return on investment Procurement assistance Lower software costs Better management of resources Improved help desk assistance Improved people management & training Network communication capacity with users Made Simple Networking What is Software Metering? The Ability to: Monitor all applications running on the network Number of users Types of applications Frequency of use Software Asset Management Software metering is an essential component of Software Asset Management (SAM) designed to reduce costs and give you control of your enterprise Made Simple Networking Features of Lan Licenser Meters all applications throughout the Enterprise Applications from servers, CD’s, floppies and H/D’s Control applications by: users, workstations, time groups and cost centers. Scalability Scales from a single server solution to multiple server solution configurations Fault tolerant Low Resource Requirements Minimal network traffic Made Simple Networking Features of Lan Licenser Flexible metering capabilities: Active metering Enforce License Limits or restrict access Passive metering Gather usage data with no restrictions Laptop Support License check-out for laptop users Offline metering Active or passive metering for mobile users` Product start-up messaging Notify users and help desk of products not supported Notify users of software policy, real-time Made Simple Networking Make Qualified Decisions on: Software purchases Buy the software you actually need – not what you think you need! Maintenance agreements Why pay for maintenance on software that is not used? Software usage statistics Find out what software is used the most or the least. Future user requirements Budget effectively for future purchases based on present trends. Identify potential license breeches Reduce the risk of prosecution. Simplify organizations desktop Standardise your corporate desktops. Identify accurate software & support costs What is the real cost of using particular applications? Help desk support tool Train help desk staff to support most used products. Total Cost of Ownership Reduce your TCO based on Real data! Made Simple Networking Eliminates Hidden Costs Rogue / Conflicting DLLs Many Vendor’s Nonstandard Products Desktop Wasted Lack of Timely Hardware Usage Resources Information Multiple Help Desk Maintenance Complications NO Accountability On Desktop Contracts Made Simple Networking Save $$$ Instigate Software Asset Management Definition: the cohesive merging of the Physical, Financial and Contractual attributes of software to enable the delivery of cost efficient business solutions. Physical •Inventory Management •Electronic Distribution •Version Tracking •License Tracking Financial •Procurement •Budget Software Asset Management •Cost Control Contractual •License Compliance •Negotiations with Vendors •Contract Maintenance •Supplier Management •Charge back •Organizational Change Management •Year 2000 & beyond Source:- Gartner Group Made Simple Networking Value proposition Cost of running average corporate PC* Savings made through Software Asset 12000 10000 Management 8000 6000 4000 $11,560 With no SAM in place $8,860 With SAM in place 2000 0 $ Control or Eliminate Unwanted and Unsupported Software *Source Gartner Group Made Simple Networking Evidence of our value proposition Average TCO $11,580.00 $11,580.00 $11,580.00 $11,580.00 Savings made by a 30% reduction of TCO $3,474.00 $3,474.00 $3,474.00 $3,474.00 Numbers Of Workstations 1000 1500 2000 2500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Total Cost Per Year $11,580,000.00 $17,370,000.00 $23,160,000.00 $28,950,000.00 $3,474,000.00 $5,211,000.00 $6,948,000.00 $8,685,000.00 Savings made by instigating Corporate Desktop Policy (source IDC) Average Loss $650.00 $650.00 $650.00 $650.00 Numbers Of Workstations 1000 1500 2000 2500 Potential Savings $650,000.00 $975,000.00 $1,300,000.00 $1,625,000.00 Made Simple Networking Research and Stats Source – Gartner Group / IDC Enterprises that use their SAM activities to prepare for enterprise negotiations and supplier management will cost-justify the asset management initiative within the first 12 months (0.7 probability). Driven by the inadequacy of internal strategies, by 2003, 50 percent of enterprises with 2,500 or more desktops will work with an external services provider for project-based and ongoing asset management services (0.7 probability). By 2003, 50 percent of enterprises with 2,500 or more desktops will outsource one or more asset management services (0.7 probability Through 2004, enterprises that integrate asset management reporting tools as part of internal, financial reporting processes will justify an ongoing asset management investment (0.8 probability). Made Simple Networking Inventory Plus License Metering Gives An Accurate Picture Inventory What’s out there? Who’s using it and Lan Licenser how much? Report Wizard Combined Inventory / Metering Report Made Simple Networking Software Metering - Putting it All Together Inventory Compliance Metering Reporting Procurement Made Simple Networking Architecture Made Simple Networking Lan Licenser Architecture: A Typical Site Site Server (NT4.0 or Win 2000 Server) MS SQL DB Database Resides here Tier 1 Able to dynamically add servers as needed and provides fail-over support Data Cache Tier 2 Software Metering Servers (NT, Win 2000) Data Collection Client Agent (Win 3.x, Win95 / 98, Win NT, Win 2000) Tier 3 Made Simple Networking Licenser Enterprise Manager Architecture New York HQ Site (Parent) London Site (Child) Tokyo Site (Child) Centralized management of licensed product, combined with flexible local management Advanced data management capability over a global enterprise Dynamically share licenses enterprise wide Increased scalability for global organizations Made Simple Networking Compliance Washington, DC (24 May 2000) -- Results of the fifth annual benchmark survey on global software piracy were released today, highlighting the serious impact of copyright infringement to the software industry. Piracy losses exceeded $12 billion worldwide in 1999 and topped $59 billion during the past five years. The survey, conducted by an independent research firm, was commissioned by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). "Software piracy continues unabated, robbing the industry of thousands of jobs, billions in wages, tax revenues and critical investments in new technologies," according to Robert Holleyman, president and CEO, Business Software Alliance. Made Simple Networking Other IT Areas that Benefit Asset Management - Find out how many people are using the app and who they are. Service Desk - Establish what were the last 3 apps that ran before the workstation crashed. Maintenance - Decide on which versions of an application you need to support (and which can you eliminate). Security - Investigate what unauthorized or restricted apps are being used where and by whom. Hardware - How much disk space on the network can we recoup?