This document discusses Flexera Software's Adapter Configuration and Development Service. The service helps organizations automate the import of data from various sources like inventory tools, ERP systems, and HR systems into Flexera's FlexNet Manager Platform. It involves analyzing an organization's data needs, documenting the required adapters, developing and testing the adapters, and delivering the working adapters and associated tasks. The service aims to streamline an organization's data integration and optimize their license management.
Part II of III: Advanced Authorization for SAP Global Deployments: September ...NextLabs, Inc.
Part 2: SAP authorization model for Export Compliance
All global companies need to comply with one or more export compliance regulations when authorizing access to data. In Part 2, we will provide an in depth example of the authorization framework using export compliance as a showcase.
http://www.nextlabs.com/html/?q=web-request-webinar-information-risk-management
Software asset management (SAM) continues to be a C-level imperative. The material risk of being audited by software publishers and the resource disruption it causes has never been greater. License management is no small task.
With extended support for SQL Server 2005 expiring on April 12, 2016, many organisations are beginning to look at their upgrade options.
This presentation is from a webinar broadcast in August 2015 hosted by SoftwareONE, Microsoft and Ridgian.
The presentation highlights key milestone dates, the potential impact of not upgrading prior to April 12, 2016 and upgrade options from SQL Server 2005 to 2014 and hybrid opportunities with Microsoft Azure.
Part II of III: Advanced Authorization for SAP Global Deployments: September ...NextLabs, Inc.
Part 2: SAP authorization model for Export Compliance
All global companies need to comply with one or more export compliance regulations when authorizing access to data. In Part 2, we will provide an in depth example of the authorization framework using export compliance as a showcase.
http://www.nextlabs.com/html/?q=web-request-webinar-information-risk-management
Software asset management (SAM) continues to be a C-level imperative. The material risk of being audited by software publishers and the resource disruption it causes has never been greater. License management is no small task.
With extended support for SQL Server 2005 expiring on April 12, 2016, many organisations are beginning to look at their upgrade options.
This presentation is from a webinar broadcast in August 2015 hosted by SoftwareONE, Microsoft and Ridgian.
The presentation highlights key milestone dates, the potential impact of not upgrading prior to April 12, 2016 and upgrade options from SQL Server 2005 to 2014 and hybrid opportunities with Microsoft Azure.
Advanced Authorization for SAP Global Deployments Part II of IIINextLabs, Inc.
Part 2: SAP authorization model for Export Compliance
All global companies need to comply with one or more export compliance regulations when authorizing access to data. In Part 2, we will show how the toolbox and models can be used to tackle export compliance with a customer example.
This slides presents the architecture of the Informatica PowerCenter and each of its component.
This can help ETL PowerCenter developers understand how their mapping works internally and it's an introduction to the Informatica Administration.
The term "software multitenancy" refers to a software architecture in which a single instance of software runs on a server and serves multiple tenants. A tenant is a group of users who share a common access with specific privileges to the software instance.
What Does Prozone Do for You?
Our on-site and offsite technical capabilities give you maximum flexibility to address customers needs. Cost effective business models for cooperation with customerand/or other business partners. Experience form enterprise projects completed in the Middle East and UK.
Strong technical capacity for Maximo implementations/upgrade projects, Maximo customizations, integrations, reports development, custom development on top of Maximo.
Development and implementation of end-to-end EAM solutionsin different industries
Advanced document management in Maximo
Support and Application life cycle management (ALM) services.
Markets / References: Using various software solutions and new technologies. Prozone operates in: Kuwait, Qatar, United Arabian Emirates, Austria, Lebanon, Greece, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Serbia.
Asset Management
Facilities, Operations, IT, Fleet
Assets, Locations, Failure Reporting, Condition Monitoring, Meters
Work Management
Preventive, Corrective, Projects,Emergency, Safety Plans
Work Hierarchies, Planning, Status, Assignments, Actual Metrics
Procurement Management
PR’s, PO’s, Receipts, Invoices
Materials Management
Items, Storerooms, Inventory, Reorder, Issues, Returns
Contract Management
Master, Purchase, Warranty, Lease/Rental, Labor Rate
Service Management
Self Service Requests & Status
Platform for asset owners, asset managers and service providers
Next Generation Architecture
J2EE Platform
Standards-based
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Enterprise Assets Management solutions based on IBM Tivoli products:
Maximo Asset Managementwith utilization of all modules
Maximo for Service Providers
Maximo for Transportation
Maximo for Oil & Gas
Maximo for Utilities
Service Request Manager
Maximo Integration Framework
Maximo Scheduler
IBM SmartCloud Control Desk
and PROZONE add-ons for IBM maximo:
DMS component:
Full integration between ECM and EAM worlds
Direct and secured access from Maximo applications to documents stored in eDocumentus DMS
eBusiness Portal
publishing RFQ and vendors data
Procurement process integration with maximo
PROZONE engineers provide various type of services implementing EAM solutions for our customers (onsite/offsite):
Business consultancy services. Project management. Impact analysis of Maximo implementations or upgrades. Process analysis, design and optimization. System design. Maximo implementations. Technical consultancy services. Maximo configuration and customizations. Workflow development. Reports development (Birt/Cognos). Maximo upgrades. Deployment options, hardware sizing, security. Integration with other platforms using Maximo Integration Framework. Data migration. Custom value added components.
Performance testing ant tuning. Training. Post production support & maintenance, archiving solutions for IBM Maximo.
Upgrading to 11.1.2.4 and Other Technical Considerationsfinitsolutions
In June, Finit hosted the last in our 5-part series on the new Oracle EPM version 11.1.2.4, which was released in February of this year. Finit has done extensive testing in our own labs on version 11.1.2.4 and we have several clients migrating to 11.1.2.4 now. During this webinar we will be focusing primarily on the technical aspects around upgrading to 11.1.2.4. We will also be taking a detailed look into some options for deploying your EPM environment, performance, and managing the environment(s). Join us for details on items such as:
Upgrading to 11.1.2.4
Technical Options for your upgrade and how these effect the cost and timeliness of your project
"In-Place" upgrade versus 'New- Hardware'
Benefits of Virtualization
Exalytics - what does it mean for the future of Oracle EPM (and more specifically....HFM)
Third Party Compatibility
Disaster & Recovery / High Availability
What do these key terms really mean and does your organization actually 'practice what they preach' when it comes to this area?
Presenter: Dawn Mathews & Frank Zidar
Advanced Authorization for SAP Global Deployments Part II of IIINextLabs, Inc.
Part 2: SAP authorization model for Export Compliance
All global companies need to comply with one or more export compliance regulations when authorizing access to data. In Part 2, we will show how the toolbox and models can be used to tackle export compliance with a customer example.
This slides presents the architecture of the Informatica PowerCenter and each of its component.
This can help ETL PowerCenter developers understand how their mapping works internally and it's an introduction to the Informatica Administration.
The term "software multitenancy" refers to a software architecture in which a single instance of software runs on a server and serves multiple tenants. A tenant is a group of users who share a common access with specific privileges to the software instance.
What Does Prozone Do for You?
Our on-site and offsite technical capabilities give you maximum flexibility to address customers needs. Cost effective business models for cooperation with customerand/or other business partners. Experience form enterprise projects completed in the Middle East and UK.
Strong technical capacity for Maximo implementations/upgrade projects, Maximo customizations, integrations, reports development, custom development on top of Maximo.
Development and implementation of end-to-end EAM solutionsin different industries
Advanced document management in Maximo
Support and Application life cycle management (ALM) services.
Markets / References: Using various software solutions and new technologies. Prozone operates in: Kuwait, Qatar, United Arabian Emirates, Austria, Lebanon, Greece, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Serbia.
Asset Management
Facilities, Operations, IT, Fleet
Assets, Locations, Failure Reporting, Condition Monitoring, Meters
Work Management
Preventive, Corrective, Projects,Emergency, Safety Plans
Work Hierarchies, Planning, Status, Assignments, Actual Metrics
Procurement Management
PR’s, PO’s, Receipts, Invoices
Materials Management
Items, Storerooms, Inventory, Reorder, Issues, Returns
Contract Management
Master, Purchase, Warranty, Lease/Rental, Labor Rate
Service Management
Self Service Requests & Status
Platform for asset owners, asset managers and service providers
Next Generation Architecture
J2EE Platform
Standards-based
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Enterprise Assets Management solutions based on IBM Tivoli products:
Maximo Asset Managementwith utilization of all modules
Maximo for Service Providers
Maximo for Transportation
Maximo for Oil & Gas
Maximo for Utilities
Service Request Manager
Maximo Integration Framework
Maximo Scheduler
IBM SmartCloud Control Desk
and PROZONE add-ons for IBM maximo:
DMS component:
Full integration between ECM and EAM worlds
Direct and secured access from Maximo applications to documents stored in eDocumentus DMS
eBusiness Portal
publishing RFQ and vendors data
Procurement process integration with maximo
PROZONE engineers provide various type of services implementing EAM solutions for our customers (onsite/offsite):
Business consultancy services. Project management. Impact analysis of Maximo implementations or upgrades. Process analysis, design and optimization. System design. Maximo implementations. Technical consultancy services. Maximo configuration and customizations. Workflow development. Reports development (Birt/Cognos). Maximo upgrades. Deployment options, hardware sizing, security. Integration with other platforms using Maximo Integration Framework. Data migration. Custom value added components.
Performance testing ant tuning. Training. Post production support & maintenance, archiving solutions for IBM Maximo.
Upgrading to 11.1.2.4 and Other Technical Considerationsfinitsolutions
In June, Finit hosted the last in our 5-part series on the new Oracle EPM version 11.1.2.4, which was released in February of this year. Finit has done extensive testing in our own labs on version 11.1.2.4 and we have several clients migrating to 11.1.2.4 now. During this webinar we will be focusing primarily on the technical aspects around upgrading to 11.1.2.4. We will also be taking a detailed look into some options for deploying your EPM environment, performance, and managing the environment(s). Join us for details on items such as:
Upgrading to 11.1.2.4
Technical Options for your upgrade and how these effect the cost and timeliness of your project
"In-Place" upgrade versus 'New- Hardware'
Benefits of Virtualization
Exalytics - what does it mean for the future of Oracle EPM (and more specifically....HFM)
Third Party Compatibility
Disaster & Recovery / High Availability
What do these key terms really mean and does your organization actually 'practice what they preach' when it comes to this area?
Presenter: Dawn Mathews & Frank Zidar
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aidant des dizaines de milliers de clients pour développer un processus de gestion continue de la disponibilité des applications ou Application Readiness en six étapes ayant fait ses preuves sur le terrain.
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Adaptor Configuration and Development Service
1. Data Import Process Automation Means
Better Results
Many enterprises are implementing Software Asset
Management (SAM) and license optimization
solutions to effectively manage their software
estate. However, for these solutions to deliver
on their promise, they need to access data from
many sources, in a timely manner, to enable the
determination of an accurate and optimized license
position. Collected data types include purchase
order and contract data, hardware and software
inventory data, and organizational data to map
users to computers and applications.
Manual entry of this type of data is error-prone and
extremely time consuming. For SAM and license
optimization solutions to meet the anticipated
business goals, organizations need to find an
effective and cost-efficient way to automatically
import the data from the appropriate sources and
validate the data.
Flexera Software provides a number of adapters that
allow automated import of data from various sources
to support the FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises
solution. However, to achieve the best results and
determine the most appropriate adapter for the
project, it is important to understand the types of
data, the formats needed, and how this data will be
transformed to be most useful to the solution.
Adapter Configuration and Development Service
The Adapter Configuration and Development Service
is designed to help organizations implement the
connectivity required to import data from several
different sources—inventory tools, ERP systems,
procurement systems, Active Directory and HR
systems--into the FlexNet Manager Platform asset
management repository. The Platform provides
scalable hardware and software asset management
across more the 14,000 publishers and 110,000
applications and is the foundation of the FlexNet
Manager Suite for Enterprises. This data is required
to allow the FlexNet Manager Suite solutions
to help organizations maintain license compliance
and determine an accurate and optimized
license position.
This service helps organizations define their adapter
needs and reduces the cost of implementing the
required connectivity through adapter reuse and
tools that streamline adapter development.
DATASHEET
Adaptor Configuration and Development Service
Reports & Alerts
• Asset Reports
• License
Compliance
• Entitlement
Management
• Savings
Agent & Agent-less
Discovery for
Windows, UNIX,
Linux, MAC,
VMs, etc.
POs & Contracts
Helpdesk/
Service Catalog
Org/User Data
Data Feeds
Application
Recognition Library
SKU Library
Product Use
Rights Library
Optimization Engine
b
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Benefits to
Your Organization:
• Implement a
highly connected
SAM and license
optimization solution
that streamlines
license management
processes
• Automate data import
and validation for
greater processing
efficiency, reduced
errors, and improved
license optimization
• Reduce the cost of
implementing system
connectivity through
adapter reuse and
tools that streamline
adapter development
Figure 1: Data feeds for SAM and license optimization come from many sources—inventory tools,
procurement systems, HR and Active Directory systems, etc.
Reduce Implementation Costs and Streamline Adapter Development
2. Other available adapters include Big Fix, Blackberry Server,
CA Inventory, Casper, Marimba, LANDesk, SoftGrid, uCMDB
and more.
Additionally, this service can help expedite adapter
development using the following tools:
• Business Adapter Studio – supports rapid development of
Adapter XML code for connecting to ERP and Procurement
systems, that incorporates:
– Vendors
– Vendor Contacts
– Contracts
– POs
– Users
– Assets
– Enterprise Groups (Location, Cost Center, and
Business Unit)
• Inventory Adapter Studio – supports rapid development of
Adapter XML and SQL code for importing hardware and
software inventory data from other third party tools
Included in this service is interaction with a Customer Data
Integration Architect and other appropriate experts in the
organization to prepare an Adapter Specification to capture
the following information:
• System and data integration requirements
• Business workflows and logic, including mapping of data
between disparate data sources
• Data mapping from the source data to FlexNet Manager
Platform entities and properties
• Data cleansing, integrity checks and filtering
Each adapter will be configured and tested based on sample
data provided. Finally, the service consultant will help install,
set up and validate operation of the Adapter.
FlexNet Manager Platform provides out-of-the-box
integration with:
Microsoft SCCM / SCCM 2012
Microsoft Hyper-V
Altiris
Citrix XenApp
Oracle
MS Active Sync
Citrix EdgeSight
IBM ILMT
VMware
3. Adapter Configuration and Development Service
Objectives
There are two primary objectives of this service:
• Clearly identify and document the data needed by the solution, understand what is available, and how it will be imported into
the FlexNet Manager Platform repository
• Provide the appropriate set of adapters to automate the data import process
Delivery Approach
The service will be delivered as a mix of on- and offsite activities and will include:
• Design session where each data source and the associated processes are reviewed, including:
– Hardware inventory, software inventory, application usage data
– User accounts (HR or Active Directory systems)
– Asset data
– Enterprise groups - locations, business units or cost centers (HR or Active Directory systems)
– Vendors and vendor contacts (ERP, procurement systems)
– Purchase orders (procurement system)
– Contracts (ERP, procurement systems)
• Detailed design document that identifies the Adapters that will be developed, the source of the data, how the data is
processed, when it is processed, and how it is displayed via the User Interface (UI) and reports. The design document includes:
– Detailed design including source and format
– Schedule of when the Adapter import process will be executed
– Mapping of data to Platform fields
– Testing criteria
– Organization-provided sample file in the appropriate format
• The building and testing of the Adapter in an offsite virtual environment specifically developed for the organization.
Where available, existing adapters are modified and reused. Where not available, Adapter Studio tools are used to
streamline development
• Delivery of resulting Adapter code for installation. The installed code is deployed to the Development, Test and/or
Production environments. Adapters are tested and validated to ensure they properly connect to the data sources and process
the data correctly
• Development of scheduled tasks associated with the Adapter which are built to execute in sequence with the other adapters
and processes
• The final delivery is captured and presented in the Design Document
Project Timeline
The timeline for this engagement is as follows: Range of 3-7 days depending on number of adapters
Deliverables
Key deliverables may include the following items:
• Adapter Design Document • Adapter Code
• Adapter installation and testing • Scheduled tasks configured in the organization’s environment
Primary Audience
The primary target audience for this service is the Project Sponsor and Project Lead in an organization that is contemplating the
purchase or who has already purchased a Software License Optimization (SLO) solution.
Design document
is completed and
delivered
Adapter execution
schedule
Adapter installed
in Development/Test
environments,
validated and
modified as
needed
Development/Test
environments and
adapters are built
Adapter design
document created
and approved
Formal design
session
Process workshops