This document summarizes FlexNet Manager for VMware, a software license optimization product for VMware licenses. It helps organizations reduce VMware software costs by optimizing license usage, maintaining compliance, and managing contracts and usage. The product leverages the FlexNet Manager Platform to collect inventory data, match licenses to purchases, and provide reporting on license optimization opportunities. It supports various VMware license models and provides license simulations to analyze changes.
TECHNICAL BRIEF▶ Backup Exec 15 Blueprint for Large InstallationsSymantec
This Backup Exec Blueprint presentation includes example diagrams that contain objects that represent applications and platforms from other companies such as Microsoft and VMware. These diagrams may or may not match or resemble actual implementations found in end user environments. Any likeness or similarity to actual end user environments is completely by coincidence.
The goal of the diagrams included in this blueprint presentation is not to recommend specific ways in which to implement applications and platforms from other companies such as Microsoft and VMware but rather to illustrate Backup Exec best practices only.
For guidelines and best practices on installing and configuring applications and platforms from other companies, please refer to best practice documentation and other resources provided by those companies.
TECHNICAL BRIEF▶ Backup Exec 15 Blueprint for Large InstallationsSymantec
This Backup Exec Blueprint presentation includes example diagrams that contain objects that represent applications and platforms from other companies such as Microsoft and VMware. These diagrams may or may not match or resemble actual implementations found in end user environments. Any likeness or similarity to actual end user environments is completely by coincidence.
The goal of the diagrams included in this blueprint presentation is not to recommend specific ways in which to implement applications and platforms from other companies such as Microsoft and VMware but rather to illustrate Backup Exec best practices only.
For guidelines and best practices on installing and configuring applications and platforms from other companies, please refer to best practice documentation and other resources provided by those companies.
Windows 10 is familiar, easy to use, works the way you want it to, has enterprise-quality security and is simple to set up and manage.
Read these slides that accompanied our great Windows 10 webinar.
Microsoft veröffentlichte vor kurzem das jüngste Update für System Center Configuration Manager - System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. Viele der neuen Updates sind so gut, dass jeder das Upgrade so schnell wie möglich haben möchte. Wally Mead, Microsoft MVP, präsentierte in dieser Preäsentation die neuen Features von Configuration Manager 2012 R2.
Radware Alteon VA for IBM PureFlex System ensures
24×7 uptime and effective disaster recovery (DR) for local
and globally dispersed applications, at all times. By utilizing
advanced health checks, traffic redirection, persistency, and
content modification capabilities, it guarantees transaction
completion through real-time identification and bypassing
of any faulty element along the transaction path. In addition,
Radware’s global server load balancing (GSLB) service ensures
the global availability of all applications.
Administering and configuring System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1Unitek Eduation
-Configuring and deploying SCCM 2012 R2
-Data Quering using WQL and gathering collections
-Configuring Software and Hardware Inventory, asset intelligence and software metering.
Windows 10 is familiar, easy to use, works the way you want it to, has enterprise-quality security and is simple to set up and manage.
Read these slides that accompanied our great Windows 10 webinar.
Microsoft veröffentlichte vor kurzem das jüngste Update für System Center Configuration Manager - System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. Viele der neuen Updates sind so gut, dass jeder das Upgrade so schnell wie möglich haben möchte. Wally Mead, Microsoft MVP, präsentierte in dieser Preäsentation die neuen Features von Configuration Manager 2012 R2.
Radware Alteon VA for IBM PureFlex System ensures
24×7 uptime and effective disaster recovery (DR) for local
and globally dispersed applications, at all times. By utilizing
advanced health checks, traffic redirection, persistency, and
content modification capabilities, it guarantees transaction
completion through real-time identification and bypassing
of any faulty element along the transaction path. In addition,
Radware’s global server load balancing (GSLB) service ensures
the global availability of all applications.
Administering and configuring System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1Unitek Eduation
-Configuring and deploying SCCM 2012 R2
-Data Quering using WQL and gathering collections
-Configuring Software and Hardware Inventory, asset intelligence and software metering.
Community Land Trusts and Social/Neighborhood Outcomes in Athens, GAAndy Carswell
This presentation examines the work done by two UGA researchers on the housing outcomes of people who have entered into a limited homeownership situation made possible through a community land trust, or CLT. CLTs are shared equity partnerships that allow low- to moderate-income households to enter into homeownership situations without owning the land upon which the housing unit rests, thus making the transaction more affordable in the process. The households were surveyed on their present housing condition when compared with previous housing situations.
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A Place for Us Presentation (June 22, 2007)Andy Carswell
This slide show describes some of the challenges facing Athens, GA and some of the surrounding areas in terms of housing. It was presented in mid-2007.
Extend the power of your ServiceNow Service Catalog, optimize your software license usage, and automate the deployment of PC, Mac, mobile, and cloud applications to employees
Cybersecurity Strategy Must Include Software License OptimizationFlexera
A full enterprise wide hardware and software asset inventory provides the essential “evidence” agencies use to detect unlicensed and/or unauthorized IT assets
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Janella Lawton
September 7, 2018
Dr. Reddy Urimindi
CIS 512
Virtualization
Information technology systems are growing, and their use is increasing significantly in many technology organizations. An example of an IT technology that is heavily embraced by organizations is virtualization. This technology involves the development of a virtual rather than an actual representation of the version of the product such as a server, operating system, a network resource system and a device for storing data. Virtualization allows the user to operate more servers as well as multiple applications which significantly improves the efficiency of data centers. It becomes easy to deploy workloads in a faster more convenient way which increases opportunities and automating operations. This makes the daily operations smooth and easy to manage. Also, the cost of running operations is reduced as you operate these activities. The key characteristics of virtualization include; Isolation, encapsulation, hardware independence and partitioning. The software can divide the resources and the system between the identified virtual systems (Bull & Matthews, 2016). The performance of organizations can be preserved using more advanced and updated resources controls. Information technology management for business has improved business operations and creates opportunities through server virtualization.
Top Three Brands of Virtualization Software Available
The main reason most businesses are embracing virtualization is due to consolidations. These are very effective strategies that allow the business managers to stretch the server to its maximum capacity using the installation of different types of software on one unit of hardware. Another remarkable reason that business managers go for virtualization for their IT departments is that a virtual machine enhances technology in an energy efficient way compared to the dedicated servers. Also, too many virtual servers can be chosen rather than having too many dedicated servers which will still save the operational cost by being energy efficient.
The first virtual software available in the market and used by the information technology departments of businesses is VMware which is supported by their vSphere/ESXi.The product comes in different packages of free editions and that of five commercial editions. VMwaredominated the business market when it designed innovative features like the Storage vMotion, vMotion, memory overcommitment and Fault Tolerance (Lee, 2014). VSphere allows its users to virtualize applications that can operate on stronger computers and applications that can operate on any regular computers.
The second virtual software that is available in the market for businesses is Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V. This software always emerges among the top three competing with vSphere and XenServer. This software offers clients a reliable and flex.
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ServiceNow provides the essential management and big picture visibility that is crucial to an effective CMDB. And Flexera | RISC Networks provides detailed discovery data, context and analysis to push into your ServiceNow instance, making the picture of the current state accurate and contextually relevant.
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7 Things You Need to Know for Your Cloud-First StrategyFlexera
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The Role of In-House & External Counsel in Managing Open Source SoftwareFlexera
Amy Chun, Partner at Knobbe Martens and Marty Mellican, VP & Associate General Counsel at Flexera discuss the role of in-house counsel to better manage any potential legal risks that might be inherent with OSS use.
Addressing Open Source Risks During M&A: A Legal ViewFlexera
Amy Chun, Partner at Knobbe Martens and Marty Mellican, VP & Associate General Counsel at Flexera discuss why a carefully planned audit of open source should be part of every due diligence effort.
Having Trouble Managing All Your Cloud Services? We Know!Flexera
Most businesses have at least 3 or more cloud services, and it’s hard enough to control spend for just one. That’s why Flexera acquired RightScale, the leading multi-cloud management provider. With cloud services making up 20% of most IT budgets, the spend optimization stakes are high. This year’s Rightscale State Of The Cloud report shows that up to 35% of cloud services spend may be wasted.
View these slides to see how RightScale Optima helps you find that 35% and act on it.
Webinar: Maximizing the ROI of IT by Simplifying Technology ComplexityFlexera
View this webinar with Forrester analyst Charlie Betz and Forrester consultant Stephen Odell, as they present the detailed findings of their study. After the webinar, you will have a better understanding of the benefits of Flexera Data Platform.
Webinar: What's New In FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R1Flexera
Learn about the new features in FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises 2018, which brings new capabilities to extend Flexera's leadership in Software Asset Management.
Software Distribution, Customer Experience and the IoT: Get Ready for Fast, S...Flexera
There’s no second chance to make a first impression! Are your software upgrades making a good impression on your customers? Are your software delivery processes fast, scalable, and secure?
Join Forrester Principal Analyst David Johnson, Akamai and Flexera as they discuss what modern electronic software delivery processes should look like in this rapidly growing IoT world.
Fast!
No one likes to wait. Learn how a robust software delivery solution gets software and updates out to customers – without the wait.
Scalable!
File sizes and cadence of updates are faster than ever. Intelligent devices defy conventional software distribution models. Hear what you can do to keep up.
Secure!
Security has many aspects – where do you focus? Discover how to deliver your software in a secure way and only to those entitled to receive it.
Windows 10 webinar: What’s new for IT pros Windows 10 v 1709Flexera
Join Microsoft's Iris Fang and Nick Moseley, Technical Solutions Professionals, for an overview of the new business-friendly features coming in the Windows 10 Update 1709. Whether you have already migrated to Windows 10 and are planning for the upgrade, or preparing to migrate from Windows 7 to The Fall Creators update, this webinar will review what enterprises can expect in the new release.
Don’t Let Hackers Breach Your Data: Shutting Your Risk Window on Apache Struts2Flexera
Cyber-criminals target these known vulnerabilities in both commercial and open source software. Many organizations are either unaware of what’s in their software or take too long to patch their systems. These gaps lead to ignorance of known vulnerabilities and/or a lack of efficient processes to apply critical patches quickly.
Watch this webinar on understanding these gaps, closing the risk window and reducing your risk of a breach. Find out how vulnerable code can be easy to discover and patch.
Announcing the availability of the largest and most comprehensive repository of technology asset data on the planet. Current and constantly curated. Available on the software industry’s first open platform for this data. It’s about time.
Webinar: Take Proactive Control of Your SAP Licensing, Indirect Usage and Ven...Flexera
Join UpperEdge and Flexera in this webinar to learn the importance of getting more proactive control of your SAP relationship to drive predictable outcomes and increased value.
Keeping a Lid on Costs for Cloud Infrastructure and SaaS ApplicationsFlexera
Join us for this webinar as we discuss the spend management risks associated with cloud services and some of the strategies organizations can use to keep a lid on these costs using Software Asset Management processes and tools. We’ll use Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Office 365 as specific examples of cloud infrastructure services and SaaS applications, respectively, that can be managed for better cost efficiency.
Do You Manage Software? Understanding Your Role in Cybersecurity DefenseFlexera
Organizations are under constant attack by hackers targeting applications used by the business. The University of Maryland recently quantified the near-constant rate of attacks on computers with Internet access to every 39 seconds. The best defense requires a holistic approach and collaboration of different teams in a concerted effort to reduce the attack surface for hackers. In this webinar we will discuss the roles and the impact that activities, not always associated with security, have in reducing risk. Whether you are an asset manager, a desktop or datacenter manager, or an IT security professional, your role has a significant impact on your organizations ability to reduce the risk of cyber-attack.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Welocme to ViralQR, your best QR code generator.ViralQR
Welcome to ViralQR, your best QR code generator available on the market!
At ViralQR, we design static and dynamic QR codes. Our mission is to make business operations easier and customer engagement more powerful through the use of QR technology. Be it a small-scale business or a huge enterprise, our easy-to-use platform provides multiple choices that can be tailored according to your company's branding and marketing strategies.
Our Vision
We are here to make the process of creating QR codes easy and smooth, thus enhancing customer interaction and making business more fluid. We very strongly believe in the ability of QR codes to change the world for businesses in their interaction with customers and are set on making that technology accessible and usable far and wide.
Our Achievements
Ever since its inception, we have successfully served many clients by offering QR codes in their marketing, service delivery, and collection of feedback across various industries. Our platform has been recognized for its ease of use and amazing features, which helped a business to make QR codes.
Our Services
At ViralQR, here is a comprehensive suite of services that caters to your very needs:
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Dynamic QR codes: These also have all the advanced features but are subscription-based. They can directly link to PDF files, images, micro-landing pages, social accounts, review forms, business pages, and applications. In addition, they can be branded with CTAs, frames, patterns, colors, and logos to enhance your branding.
Pricing and Packages
Additionally, there is a 14-day free offer to ViralQR, which is an exceptional opportunity for new users to take a feel of this platform. One can easily subscribe from there and experience the full dynamic of using QR codes. The subscription plans are not only meant for business; they are priced very flexibly so that literally every business could afford to benefit from our service.
Why choose us?
ViralQR will provide services for marketing, advertising, catering, retail, and the like. The QR codes can be posted on fliers, packaging, merchandise, and banners, as well as to substitute for cash and cards in a restaurant or coffee shop. With QR codes integrated into your business, improve customer engagement and streamline operations.
Comprehensive Analytics
Subscribers of ViralQR receive detailed analytics and tracking tools in light of having a view of the core values of QR code performance. Our analytics dashboard shows aggregate views and unique views, as well as detailed information about each impression, including time, device, browser, and estimated location by city and country.
So, thank you for choosing ViralQR; we have an offer of nothing but the best in terms of QR code services to meet business diversity!
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
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The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
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During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
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- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
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While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
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Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
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Cyber risk predictions
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1. FlexNet Manager Platform
WorkflowManager
Adobe
IBM
Microsoft
Oracle
SAP
BusinessSuite
Symantec
VMware
EngineeringApps
Autodesk,Cadence,Mentor,etc.
DATASHEET
Benefits to
Your Organization:
• Optimize VMware
license management
to reduce ongoing
software costs
- Buy only what you
truly need
- Ensure you have the
data necessary to
help prevent over and
under-deployment
• Maintain continuous
software license
compliance to minimize
VMware audit risk
- Avoid unbudgeted
audit true-up expenses
- Significantly reduce
time and resources
needed to respond to
audit notifications
• Manage VMware
contracts and track
usage to reduce
software maintenance
costs
• Automate license
management to improve
operational efficiency
For many organizations, VMware represents one of
the top vendors in terms of their software spend. In
addition, VMware is on the list of the top 10 vendors
that perform the most software audits. For these two
reasons, organizations need to proactively manage
and optimize their VMware software licenses to reduce
cost and audit risk.
Flexera Software can help organizations address
both of these areas of concern with regard to their
VMware software estate. FlexNet Manager for
VMware is a scalable Software License Optimization
product that is built on the FlexNet Manager Platform.
It automates entitlement based license management
and optimization to enable the reduction of license,
maintenance and audit costs for a variety of VMware
products in server and desktop environments, while
maintaining license compliance.
FlexNet Manager for VMware is part of the FlexNet
Manager Suite for Enterprises used by thousands of
enterprises to gain control of and optimize spend
across their software estate.
FlexNet Manager Platform
FlexNet Manager Platform provides scalable hardware
and software asset management across more than
16,000 publishers and 140,000 applications,
providing insight into installed software and application
usage while delivering purchased versus installed
license reconciliation. Its comprehensive reporting
capabilities allow users to identify and evaluate areas
of compliance concern and make informed decisions
that reduce license and maintenance costs.
FlexNet Manager Platform integrates with many
other IT systems to collect the data necessary for
next generation software asset management. This
includes out-of-the-box connectivity to Microsoft
SCCM, Altiris, BMC ADDM, HP DDMI, IBM Tivoli End
Point Manager, as well as adapters for many other
third party inventory and configuration management
tools. In addition, the Platform provides its own
native, multi-platform discovery and inventory support
(Windows, Linux, UNIX, MAC OS) for both physical
and virtual environments. The Platform also provides
connectivity to HR, Active Directory, procurement, ERP
and other systems for user, computer, purchasing and
organizational data.
FlexNet Manager for VMware
Software License Optimization for VMware Software Products
Figure 1: FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises
2. As with other products in the FlexNet Manager Suite, FlexNet
Manager for VMware leverages the Platform to collect data
from many sources and help automate the software license
reconciliation process. The Platform’s Application Recognition
Library is used to scrub the raw inventory data and generate
the list of installed software titles, versions and editions for
each physical and virtual computer in the IT environment. The
inventory and application recognition process supports a wide
range of VMware titles including: vSphere, vCenter, ESX/ESXi,
Workstation, Fusion, and ThinApp.
The Platform’s Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) Library contains
more than 640,000 software product SKUs and is used to
automatically match inventory and application usage data
with software purchase orders and contracts. The SKU Library
includes more than 7500 VMware software product SKUs. The
Platform determines a license compliance position for VMware
by reconciling contract and license entitlement (Purchase Order)
data with installed software. (See diagram above).
FlexNet Manager for VMware Enhanced Inventory and
License Management Capabilities
FlexNet Manager for VMware provides unique introspection
capabilities on top of the extensive discovery and inventory
capabilities of FlexNet Manager Platform. This includes
discovery and inventory of the vSphere and vCenter
datacenter server products. Each installation is introspected
and licensing data such as the license key, the license metric,
and assigned capacity for that server is captured.
FlexNet Manager for VMware provides visibility into license key
assignments across servers. It is able to detect if license keys
are overused, which could cause an organization to be out of
compliance. It is also able to compare actual server capacity
against assigned capacity to find underused license keys that
may uncover over purchasing of VMware products.
VMware License Models Supported
FlexNet Manager for VMware supports a number of different
VMware license models, including device and processor
based models. VMware vCenter uses the device model
and vSphere uses the processor based license model,
for example.
VMware Software License Optimization
FlexNet Manager for VMware provides a Product Use Rights
Library which encapsulates VMware licensing rules. VMware
Product Use Rights include:
• Upgrade—for some products, VMware allows
“functionality upgrades,” which means that the customer
can upgrade from a product with “lesser” functionality
to a product with more functionality. (A Support and
Subscription benefit).
Optimized VMware
License Position
VMware License
Compliance Position
FlexNet Manager
for VMware
FlexNet Manager
Platform
Product Use
Rights Library
*Note: License Key collection available with FlexNet Manager for VMware
Stock Keeping Unit
(SKU) Library
Application
Recognition
Library
Purchase Orders
Contracts
- VPP
- EPP
- SnS
Hardware Inventory
Software Inventory
Application Usage
- VMware
License Keys*
Inventory
Data
Entitlement
Data
Figure 2: FlexNet Manager for VMware Flow Diagram – Showing how it leverages the Platform
3. • Downgrade—the right to use an older version of the
software than the version purchased. It’s important
to track the application of downgrade rights so that
the organization has an accurate picture of its license
compliance position; the number of installs of the older
version may be larger than the number of licenses owned
for that version.
• Non-production use—in some cases, VMware license
agreements allow the installation of more than one copy
of an application for non-production use. For example,
2 additional installs of vCenter Application Discovery
Manager are allowed for Development use. In this case,
FlexNet Manager Platform provides an Exemption feature
that can be used to flag these installations so they are not
counted in the VMware license consumption calculation.
FlexNet Manager for VMware enables organizations to
calculate an optimized license position for VMware software
products—reducing license consumption and ongoing
software costs.
License Simulations – ‘What If’ Analysis
FlexNet Manager for VMware provides a license simulation
capability that allows organizations to assess the impact
of IT environment changes on VMware licensing, including
the financial impact. This powerful feature enables
organizations to determine in advance what the impact will
be if they make changes to the hardware such as adding or
removing processors, or installing a new software product.
By performing this ‘’What If’ analysis, organizations can
proactively determine budget impact and make informed
decisions on changes to the environment.
FlexNet Manager for VMware Automates VMware
License Management
FlexNet Manager for VMware reports license compliance
and over-licensed conditions for VMware software. It also
helps organizations manage VMware licensing contracts
by utilizing the Contract Management features in FlexNet
Manager Platform. FlexNet Manager for VMware is the
only Software License Optimization solution that automates
VMware license and contract management to maintain
continuous license compliance and reduce license,
maintenance and software audit costs for VMware
software products.
Figure 3: FlexNet Manager for VMware Inventory