IT budgets under pressure
As the slowdown continues IT managers and directors are under pressure to curtail spending.
Industry-wide IT budgets are being slashed, resulting in aggressive cost cutting, painful project delays and a rethink of key strategic IT initiatives.
Looking for less painful savings
But how implement cuts in a way that won’t impact on service levels, [...]
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Daily Archives: March 3, 2009
Big Companies Target Major Savings from Previously Hidden Hardware & Software
March 3, 2009 – 10:47 pm
Suprise Savings Result from Oracle License Audits
March 3, 2009 – 3:28 pm
Nobody welcomes a software audit by a vendor, with many managers dreading an Oracle audit in particular. In addition to the risk of being presented with a large bill for unpaid licences, there is the time and cost of conducting the audit itself.
The challenges presented by Oracle licensing
Oracle encourages the proliferation of its software [...]
The Illusion of Network Control
March 3, 2009 – 2:41 pm
Central Control is Often Thwarted
With thousands of Servers, PCs and hand held devices, spread across multiple locations, managers are often frustrated in their efforts to centrally control all the hardware and software on their networks.
Even in the most tightly controlled organisations there are 100s of PCs and other devices that don’t appear on the network [...]
Ghosts on your network?
March 3, 2009 – 2:11 pm
Networks in large organisations are complex and sprawling. Rather than being static, they are dynamic and evolving, with new devices coming and going, new downloads and daily user and configuration changes. That make them difficult to audit, or scan and almost impossible to control.
Added to this challenge, is the fact that networks have [...]
Just how accurate is your IT inventory?
March 3, 2009 – 12:26 pm
Most large organisations are already sold on the importance of Software Asset Management (SAM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM). Indeed, the benefits have been well demonstrated:
But, SAM, ITAM and even ITSM could deliver a lot more. That is because their ability to guide managers and control IT is limited by the accuracy of underlying inventory [...]
6 Key Characteristics of Best-in-Class IT Inventory Audit Tools
March 3, 2009 – 10:13 am
1. Presents a single consolidated view of the network – Too often there are different views because a number of different audit tools / methods are required in order to cope with all platforms and protocols.
2. Achieves 99% accuracy – To achieve the highest levels of accuracy requires that the inventory monitoring and audit tool [...]
8 questions to ask before buying a network audit, monitoring and inventory tool
March 3, 2009 – 9:40 am
There are lots of IT audit and inventory tools on the market, but how do you pick the right one? Here is a list of key questions to guide you towards the right decision:
Question 1: Do you need one tool, or several?
Many organisations have a range of network audit and monitoring tools, employed on different [...]