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Software Management SuiteAccurate & Process Oriented Software License Management

Managing Black Boxes

and other complexities

in License Compliance

with Software Management Suite


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Software Management Suite is a KPMG certified SAM Tool

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„The project of implementing a SAM reporting system at LBBW started a year before the final go.

One of the most important topics was to deal with requirements of the workers council.

The solution should not use any personalized data. This requirement has been fulfilled on short notice.

The bank has strong performance and security requirements.

Therefore many stress tests were carried out in different environments.

These tests prove that Software Management Suite does not put

any pressure on performance. LBBW’s responsible SAM managers

speak of a very straightforward and uncomplicated implementation.

Software Management Suite currently runs in 19 different IT settings.

One of them is Terminal Services. Stress tests for this sensible

environment went without complications as well.

With no errors during the test phase and also afterwards,

LBBW declared Software Management Suite a stable product

which meets all requirements of LBBW‘s complex IT environment.“

Karin Schall, SAM Manager, LBBW, Stuttgart, Germany

LBBW is a government owned, worldwide operating bank with headquartes in Stuttgart, Germany



Black BoxesComplex IT Environments

RDP/Terminal Services/Citrix

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Device Licensing

90 Day Assignment

Primary User

Remote Use

Roaming

VDA

SA

TS/RDP CAL

Win CAL

Complex Situations

M&A

Proof established Tool

Affiliates

w/ life-of-ttheir-own

Baseline Projects



Software Asset Management w/ SMO

HumansUsers/Admins/Managers

TechnologyC/S, RDP, VDI, Virtualization ...

ProcessesInstall, Move, Add, Change

DocumentationProcesses, SOPs, Status

Accuracy

Completeness

->Software Management Suite – /MLS in /ELP out



Software Management Suite

- Designed by German SAM Experts since 1996, 100% owned- Focused on SAM related data only- Accurate Data – take no data from other scanners- Bandwidth/Performance neutral, fast deployment, no installation- Entitlement centric, pool usage, optimized for remote use licensing

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SingaporeInternet Café, Home …

100 Devices

New YorkI1200 Devices

San Diego600 Devices

Berlin250 Devices

Paris50 Devices

Canberra500 Devices

Toronto200 Devices

London200 Devices

Datacenter ZIV

30 Citrix/Vmware Server

PC08-15, 10.0.0.212

Mr. Bernd Meier,

Microsoft Project 2013 Professional is installed on 100 Terminal Servers.

1000 users worldwide have access and could instantly run this program.

Until 4 months ago, this program had been accessed by 1200 devices.

Within the last 90 days it has been accessed by 500 devices.

How many licenses do you need?

Software Management Suite tells you at any time-> Automated License Harvesting after 90 days

Software Management SuiteOptimized for remote use licensing




Accuracy = Software Management SuiteTechnical Inventory with SMOscan- Windows, Mac, Lx, Citrix, VMware, RDP/TS, VDI - Computers, Servers, Thin Clients, iPads etc via RDP access- Scalable scan: bandwidth & performance neutral

Commercial inventory with Software Management Suite- Import e.g. Microsoft License Statement enriched by e.g. prices- Import OEM data with serial numbers to assign license to device- Documentation will not change because of license changes (SA)




Accuracy = Software Management SuiteAccuracy of Identification- Software catalog – updated monthly & on demand- Update/Downgrade/Suite-Information- Release date, SKU

Accuracy of commercial documentation - Entitlements- Automated Update protection - e.g. Software Assurance- Automated downgrades- All major license models

Interface- XML Interface- MSSQL - Import Interface



Houston, Tx

Amsterdam

Brüssel

Singapore

SMOscan transmits scans via- FILE System- VPN- http/https

w/o Network1. Send email w/ link2. SMOscan via USB Drive

External Access

Internet Café, Home, Roaming …

VPN

Berlin

London

Software Management Suite® Data Collection

Software Management Suite SMOscan Server

IIS serverMSSQL

FirewallStandard Port is 80Proxy possible

httphttps

Citrix/Terminal Server

Virtual Desktop InfrastructureVDI Server

VMware ESX/ESXiPhysical Servers

Microsoft Hyper-V

SMOscan initiated via- Group Policies (Login-GPO) for Desktops, Notebooks and TS/VDI-Sessions- Group Policies (Task-GPO) for Servers- Devices w/o network connections: Manual Scan e.g. w/ USB Thumb drive- Only when absolutely necessary: per Client or Service



Accuracy = Software Management Suite

Compliance / Responibilities

Entitlements / Rights



Optimization w/ Software Management Suite

- Automated downgrades to the best possible product – full chain

- Successive backtracking of the license history in the license chain

- Automated report of surplus licenses for the latest possible product

- Automated Software Protection (Software Assurance/Update Plan etc)

- Re-Harvesting licenses after 90 days in remote use environments



Optimization w/ Software Management Suite

- Roaming RDP Users with SA

- Automated parallel downgrade allowance

- Accurate handling of Office products w/ keycards

- Accurate MSDN license reporting

- Pooling of unused software



Software Management Suite ELP



Software Management Suite Reporting



Example: VMware Import



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