This document discusses software licensing issues that should be considered when transitioning to a thin-client computing architecture. Pricing models based on devices, processors, users or locations could result in higher costs. Some licenses prohibit virtualization, installation on certain devices, modification of the software, or use outside a specific region. Careful review and management of licenses is needed to address these issues and ensure ongoing compliance.
Anjali submitted a document in partial fulfillment of a Master's degree. The document discusses SafeNet's Rights Management Solution (RMS) software licensing system. RMS allows software vendors to implement flexible licensing models and enforce license terms to reduce piracy. Anjali's role in an RMS project was to find and fix bugs in the RMS automation testing suite and validate it across platforms like Linux, Solaris, and Windows using the Valgrind memory debugging tool.
This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 15 on resilience engineering. It discusses resilience as the ability of systems to maintain critical services during disruptions like failures or cyberattacks. Resilience involves recognizing issues, resisting failures when possible, and recovering quickly through activities like redundancy. The document also covers sociotechnical resilience, where human and organizational factors are considered, and characteristics of resilient organizations like responsiveness, monitoring, anticipation, and learning.
Numara Presentation - Address the 800lb Gorilla in the Room: Software Licens...San Francisco Bay Area
This presentation discusses the importance of software license management (SLM) and preparing for a vendor audit. Key points include:
1) Poor SLM can lead to underutilized software, piracy issues, and costly fines from vendor audits. Proper SLM is important for compliance and cost savings.
2) When preparing for an audit, organizations should have accurate hardware and software inventories, proofs of purchase, and contract documents organized. An audit response team should also be established.
3) Automated SLM tools can help eliminate manual tracking, manage licenses to avoid overspending, and prepare accurate reports needed for audits. Survey results showed many organizations do not have accurate asset records.
The chapter discusses software evolution, including that software change is inevitable due to new requirements, business changes, and errors. It describes how organizations must manage change to existing software systems, which represent huge investments. The majority of large software budgets are spent evolving, rather than developing new, systems. The chapter outlines the software evolution process and different approaches to evolving systems, including addressing urgent changes. It also discusses challenges with legacy systems and their management.
Agent-based backup and recovery solutions have several pitfalls including compromised security, increased management overhead as the number of agents grows, high licensing fees tied to the number of agents, mounting administrative costs to deploy and support agents, and disruption when agents need to be upgraded.
Impact solutions involve capturing events from various sources and reacting to those events through pre-programmed policies. For this example, Impact will automate an IT operations workflow by:
1) Capturing new outage events from the OMNIbus database using an Impact Reader.
2) Accessing asset and SLA data stored in external databases and applications to determine which engineer should be notified.
3) Sending notifications to engineers by calling a web service of the enterprise notification application.
The document provides a standard service description for a Unix hosting service including physical facility services, system administration services, monitoring services, operating system services, security services, backup services, hardware services, software specifications, managed storage services, application firewall services, local traffic management services, disaster recovery services, Apache web hosting services, service availability, system operations, service delivery, and customer support details. Key aspects covered include 24/7 monitoring and support, 99.9% system availability, scheduled and emergency maintenance windows, and defined response times for different severity level service requests.
Anjali submitted a document in partial fulfillment of a Master's degree. The document discusses SafeNet's Rights Management Solution (RMS) software licensing system. RMS allows software vendors to implement flexible licensing models and enforce license terms to reduce piracy. Anjali's role in an RMS project was to find and fix bugs in the RMS automation testing suite and validate it across platforms like Linux, Solaris, and Windows using the Valgrind memory debugging tool.
This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 15 on resilience engineering. It discusses resilience as the ability of systems to maintain critical services during disruptions like failures or cyberattacks. Resilience involves recognizing issues, resisting failures when possible, and recovering quickly through activities like redundancy. The document also covers sociotechnical resilience, where human and organizational factors are considered, and characteristics of resilient organizations like responsiveness, monitoring, anticipation, and learning.
Numara Presentation - Address the 800lb Gorilla in the Room: Software Licens...San Francisco Bay Area
This presentation discusses the importance of software license management (SLM) and preparing for a vendor audit. Key points include:
1) Poor SLM can lead to underutilized software, piracy issues, and costly fines from vendor audits. Proper SLM is important for compliance and cost savings.
2) When preparing for an audit, organizations should have accurate hardware and software inventories, proofs of purchase, and contract documents organized. An audit response team should also be established.
3) Automated SLM tools can help eliminate manual tracking, manage licenses to avoid overspending, and prepare accurate reports needed for audits. Survey results showed many organizations do not have accurate asset records.
The chapter discusses software evolution, including that software change is inevitable due to new requirements, business changes, and errors. It describes how organizations must manage change to existing software systems, which represent huge investments. The majority of large software budgets are spent evolving, rather than developing new, systems. The chapter outlines the software evolution process and different approaches to evolving systems, including addressing urgent changes. It also discusses challenges with legacy systems and their management.
Agent-based backup and recovery solutions have several pitfalls including compromised security, increased management overhead as the number of agents grows, high licensing fees tied to the number of agents, mounting administrative costs to deploy and support agents, and disruption when agents need to be upgraded.
Impact solutions involve capturing events from various sources and reacting to those events through pre-programmed policies. For this example, Impact will automate an IT operations workflow by:
1) Capturing new outage events from the OMNIbus database using an Impact Reader.
2) Accessing asset and SLA data stored in external databases and applications to determine which engineer should be notified.
3) Sending notifications to engineers by calling a web service of the enterprise notification application.
The document provides a standard service description for a Unix hosting service including physical facility services, system administration services, monitoring services, operating system services, security services, backup services, hardware services, software specifications, managed storage services, application firewall services, local traffic management services, disaster recovery services, Apache web hosting services, service availability, system operations, service delivery, and customer support details. Key aspects covered include 24/7 monitoring and support, 99.9% system availability, scheduled and emergency maintenance windows, and defined response times for different severity level service requests.
OwnYIT is a systems management software that allows IT staff to automate tasks and proactively control, update, and protect desktops, servers, and mobile devices from a single integrated console. It offers features such as maintaining security and compliance with patches and updates, software deployment, hardware and software inventory management, remote desktop access, and reports. The software aims to increase enterprise efficiency by helping IT staff reduce costs and respond to audits while maintaining security and configuration integrity across all devices.
Virtualization can help streamline regulatory compliance efforts by reducing resource and cost requirements, providing unified IT controls, and enabling efficient audit trails that reduce administrative effort. Virtualization allows for isolation of virtual machines, centralized logging of events and changes, quick recovery of virtual machines, and separation of duties through role-based access controls. Some examples given include using virtualization to isolate development and production instances, centrally capturing configuration changes and backups, quickly provisioning new virtual machines from templates, and minimizing disruptions from hardware maintenance. Overall, virtualization can simplify many compliance-related IT tasks compared to traditional physical infrastructure management.
SaaS System Validation, practical tips on getting validated for go-live and t...Steffan Stringer
Validation is required for computerized systems used in regulated activities according to regulations like EMA Annex 11 and FDA 21 CFR Part 11. While traditional validation is project-based, agile development uses iterative sprints requiring a different validation approach. When using SaaS, the regulated company performs validation activities while leveraging documentation from the SaaS provider. Both parties should work together throughout product setup and testing to facilitate validation.
IBM Solutions Connect 2013 - Increase Efficiency by Automating IT Asset & Ser...IBM Software India
More than investing, managing and controlling IT assets is critical in an organisation. Companies have a lot to gain by maintaining control of IT assets. They can avoid massive unplanned expenses, increase productivity and provide easy access to information for decision making. When designing an IT asset management (ITAM) program, organisations need to keep the above in mind so as to make the most of their investments. Go through the presentation to find out more how IBM SmartCloud suite of solutions can help you achieve the above.
M Kamens Iia Financial Services Presentation At Disneykamensm02
The document discusses considerations for internal auditors evaluating vulnerability assessments and penetration test reports. It emphasizes the importance of understanding security vulnerabilities and their potential impacts. It provides an overview of the vulnerability assessment process, including evaluating risks, vendor selection, testing phases, data analysis, and required deliverables. The report recommends internal auditors be involved in planning assessments and understand vulnerability reports and how to remediate identified issues.
ApplicationPro blocks unwanted applications and prevents the use of unlicensed software.
Further details: http://cynapspro.com/US/products/applicationpro
Powerpoint flash cards danitrahawkins_attempt_2014-03-06-22-55-26_flash cards...Tracie King
This document defines key terms related to software and hardware interaction. It provides definitions for various types of software like application software, system software, and web applications. It also defines related concepts like algorithms, licenses, updates, upgrades, and piracy. Terms are defined concisely, focusing on the essential meaning and features of each term.
The task was to develop an audit scope and business line breakdown, based on the supplied narrative for our fake organization, the "Department of Controlled Substances (DCS)". I was an external auditor who has been contracted to come and perform a full scale, top-to-bottom audit of DCS
Aptera Cloud Event 2013 - Windows Intune - Eric RuppAptera Inc
Aptera hosted their annual event at Parkview Field on May 15, 2013. Aptera employees presented Microsoft Cloud Opportunities for Businesses. Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure, and Windows Intune were the topics. For more info, contact us on www.apterainc.com
The document discusses Microsoft's antimalware management platform which provides a common antimalware platform across Microsoft clients with proactive protection against known and unknown threats while reducing complexity. It integrates features such as early-launch antimalware, measured boot, and secure boot through UEFI to prevent malware from bypassing antimalware inspection during the boot process. The platform also provides simplified administration through a single console experience for endpoint protection and management.
The document discusses dependability in systems. It covers topics like dependability properties, sociotechnical systems, redundancy and diversity, and dependable processes. Dependability reflects how trustworthy a system is and includes attributes like reliability, availability, and security. Dependability is important because system failures can have widespread impacts. Both hardware and software failures and human errors can cause systems to fail. Techniques like redundancy, diversity, and formal methods can help improve dependability. Regulation is also discussed as many critical systems require approval from regulators.
Federal Agencies & Cloud Service Providers meeting FISMA requirements via FedRAMP
This presentation covers Federal Risk Authorization Management Program with FISMA, SCAP and Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative to clarify how US government agencies purchase cloud services need to meet Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements.
January 2013 - The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board has granted its first provisional authorization to Autonomic Resources, who used Veris Group as their FedRAMP accredited 3PAO.
The document discusses fault management and proactive maintenance in telecommunications networks. It covers topics like fault diagnosis, alarm correlation, health checks, and backup plans. The key aspects are:
1) Fault management involves detecting, isolating, and correcting faults to ensure normal network functioning. It analyzes information and abnormalities during operations.
2) Proactive maintenance aims to reduce errors and prepare for situations where faults cannot be easily fixed. This includes health checks to verify system status and software levels, as well as backup plans for major faults.
3) Other sections provide definitions of terms like faults, alarms, and explain concepts such as fault diagnosis, alarm correlation, health checks and their components, and backup verification.
Richard Machanoff is an independent IT consultant who provides "Rent a CIO" services to small and mid-sized companies. He has 25 years of experience in IT leadership roles across various sectors. He can help organizations maximize their investment in IT and assist with FDA 21 CFR part 11 compliance. Part 11 permits electronic records and signatures to be equivalent to paper but sets criteria for systems to ensure accuracy, reliability, and security. Compliance requires measures like system validation, audit logs, backups, access controls, and documented processes for systems and personnel. Computer system validation is a key part of the compliance approach.
Dell Endpoint Systems Management SolutionsCTI Group
This document discusses Dell's Endpoint Systems Management solutions. It highlights the following:
- Dell offers physical, virtual, and hosted appliances for comprehensive and affordable endpoint systems management.
- Endpoint systems management allows organizations to focus on strategic projects while managing a mixed environment of devices, operating systems, locations, patching, licensing and deployments.
- Dell's KACE line of appliances include the K1000 for management, K2000 for deployment, and K3000 for mobile device management. New features of the K1000 v5.5 include software asset management and inventory improvements.
- Case studies show how organizations used Dell's solutions to streamline Windows 7 migrations and deployments across thousands of devices in a matter of weeks
Viewfinity Privilege Management Support for FDCC & USGCBakeophila
The Federal Desktop Core Configuration and U.S. Government Configuration Baseline constitute a list of security settings recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for computers that are connected directly to the network of a United States government agency.
Viewfinity Privilege Management helps with FDCC and USGCB compliance in desktop lock down environments allowing flexible management of administrator rights.
Computer validation testing involves verifying that IT and network equipment such as servers, routers, switches, and cabling are installed and operate as intended. The document discusses validation procedures including installation qualification (IQ) to check proper installation, and operational qualification (OQ) testing including hardware diagnostics, startup/shutdown, power loss simulation, and communications redundancy checks for servers. Regulatory compliance and ensuring consistent system performance are the goals of validation.
This template provides a sample format for preparing the Control Implementation Summary (CIS) Report for the CSP information system. The CSP may modify the format as necessary to comply with its internal policies and Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) requirements.
Nowadays, IT operations are required to run on a tight budget and under constant watch. Compliance, security and mobile innovation are making proper auditing of IT systems absolutely necessary. Knowing the most fundamental facts, like who changed what, when, and where, will save hours of troubleshooting, satisfy compliance needs, and secure the environment. This white paper shows a methodical approach to IT infrastructure auditing. That includes proper planning, estimation of time needed to implement an effective IT auditing solution, and critical resources.
The document discusses federal compliance standards for information systems used by the US government, including FISMA, DIACAP, and the upcoming FedRAMP. It outlines the six step process for achieving compliance: 1) categorizing the system, 2) selecting controls, 3) implementing and documenting controls, 4) assessing controls, 5) authorizing the system, and 6) ongoing monitoring. It provides an example of how a cloud service provider like Acquia can achieve compliance for their platform by documenting the controls each party is responsible for across the application, OS stack, and infrastructure layers. Finally, it lists some specific FISMA moderate controls applicable to the Drupal content management system.
The official-whole30-program-whole9life.com (1)Kevin Allen
The Whole30 program is a 30-day diet plan that eliminates sugar, grains, legumes, dairy and alcohol in order to help people discover food sensitivities and reset their metabolism, inflammation levels and relationship with food. Participants are asked to strictly avoid all restricted foods for the full 30 days in order to see results. The program aims to help people change their habits and cravings permanently through the month-long elimination period.
OwnYIT is a systems management software that allows IT staff to automate tasks and proactively control, update, and protect desktops, servers, and mobile devices from a single integrated console. It offers features such as maintaining security and compliance with patches and updates, software deployment, hardware and software inventory management, remote desktop access, and reports. The software aims to increase enterprise efficiency by helping IT staff reduce costs and respond to audits while maintaining security and configuration integrity across all devices.
Virtualization can help streamline regulatory compliance efforts by reducing resource and cost requirements, providing unified IT controls, and enabling efficient audit trails that reduce administrative effort. Virtualization allows for isolation of virtual machines, centralized logging of events and changes, quick recovery of virtual machines, and separation of duties through role-based access controls. Some examples given include using virtualization to isolate development and production instances, centrally capturing configuration changes and backups, quickly provisioning new virtual machines from templates, and minimizing disruptions from hardware maintenance. Overall, virtualization can simplify many compliance-related IT tasks compared to traditional physical infrastructure management.
SaaS System Validation, practical tips on getting validated for go-live and t...Steffan Stringer
Validation is required for computerized systems used in regulated activities according to regulations like EMA Annex 11 and FDA 21 CFR Part 11. While traditional validation is project-based, agile development uses iterative sprints requiring a different validation approach. When using SaaS, the regulated company performs validation activities while leveraging documentation from the SaaS provider. Both parties should work together throughout product setup and testing to facilitate validation.
IBM Solutions Connect 2013 - Increase Efficiency by Automating IT Asset & Ser...IBM Software India
More than investing, managing and controlling IT assets is critical in an organisation. Companies have a lot to gain by maintaining control of IT assets. They can avoid massive unplanned expenses, increase productivity and provide easy access to information for decision making. When designing an IT asset management (ITAM) program, organisations need to keep the above in mind so as to make the most of their investments. Go through the presentation to find out more how IBM SmartCloud suite of solutions can help you achieve the above.
M Kamens Iia Financial Services Presentation At Disneykamensm02
The document discusses considerations for internal auditors evaluating vulnerability assessments and penetration test reports. It emphasizes the importance of understanding security vulnerabilities and their potential impacts. It provides an overview of the vulnerability assessment process, including evaluating risks, vendor selection, testing phases, data analysis, and required deliverables. The report recommends internal auditors be involved in planning assessments and understand vulnerability reports and how to remediate identified issues.
ApplicationPro blocks unwanted applications and prevents the use of unlicensed software.
Further details: http://cynapspro.com/US/products/applicationpro
Powerpoint flash cards danitrahawkins_attempt_2014-03-06-22-55-26_flash cards...Tracie King
This document defines key terms related to software and hardware interaction. It provides definitions for various types of software like application software, system software, and web applications. It also defines related concepts like algorithms, licenses, updates, upgrades, and piracy. Terms are defined concisely, focusing on the essential meaning and features of each term.
The task was to develop an audit scope and business line breakdown, based on the supplied narrative for our fake organization, the "Department of Controlled Substances (DCS)". I was an external auditor who has been contracted to come and perform a full scale, top-to-bottom audit of DCS
Aptera Cloud Event 2013 - Windows Intune - Eric RuppAptera Inc
Aptera hosted their annual event at Parkview Field on May 15, 2013. Aptera employees presented Microsoft Cloud Opportunities for Businesses. Microsoft Office 365, Windows Azure, and Windows Intune were the topics. For more info, contact us on www.apterainc.com
The document discusses Microsoft's antimalware management platform which provides a common antimalware platform across Microsoft clients with proactive protection against known and unknown threats while reducing complexity. It integrates features such as early-launch antimalware, measured boot, and secure boot through UEFI to prevent malware from bypassing antimalware inspection during the boot process. The platform also provides simplified administration through a single console experience for endpoint protection and management.
The document discusses dependability in systems. It covers topics like dependability properties, sociotechnical systems, redundancy and diversity, and dependable processes. Dependability reflects how trustworthy a system is and includes attributes like reliability, availability, and security. Dependability is important because system failures can have widespread impacts. Both hardware and software failures and human errors can cause systems to fail. Techniques like redundancy, diversity, and formal methods can help improve dependability. Regulation is also discussed as many critical systems require approval from regulators.
Federal Agencies & Cloud Service Providers meeting FISMA requirements via FedRAMP
This presentation covers Federal Risk Authorization Management Program with FISMA, SCAP and Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative to clarify how US government agencies purchase cloud services need to meet Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requirements.
January 2013 - The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board has granted its first provisional authorization to Autonomic Resources, who used Veris Group as their FedRAMP accredited 3PAO.
The document discusses fault management and proactive maintenance in telecommunications networks. It covers topics like fault diagnosis, alarm correlation, health checks, and backup plans. The key aspects are:
1) Fault management involves detecting, isolating, and correcting faults to ensure normal network functioning. It analyzes information and abnormalities during operations.
2) Proactive maintenance aims to reduce errors and prepare for situations where faults cannot be easily fixed. This includes health checks to verify system status and software levels, as well as backup plans for major faults.
3) Other sections provide definitions of terms like faults, alarms, and explain concepts such as fault diagnosis, alarm correlation, health checks and their components, and backup verification.
Richard Machanoff is an independent IT consultant who provides "Rent a CIO" services to small and mid-sized companies. He has 25 years of experience in IT leadership roles across various sectors. He can help organizations maximize their investment in IT and assist with FDA 21 CFR part 11 compliance. Part 11 permits electronic records and signatures to be equivalent to paper but sets criteria for systems to ensure accuracy, reliability, and security. Compliance requires measures like system validation, audit logs, backups, access controls, and documented processes for systems and personnel. Computer system validation is a key part of the compliance approach.
Dell Endpoint Systems Management SolutionsCTI Group
This document discusses Dell's Endpoint Systems Management solutions. It highlights the following:
- Dell offers physical, virtual, and hosted appliances for comprehensive and affordable endpoint systems management.
- Endpoint systems management allows organizations to focus on strategic projects while managing a mixed environment of devices, operating systems, locations, patching, licensing and deployments.
- Dell's KACE line of appliances include the K1000 for management, K2000 for deployment, and K3000 for mobile device management. New features of the K1000 v5.5 include software asset management and inventory improvements.
- Case studies show how organizations used Dell's solutions to streamline Windows 7 migrations and deployments across thousands of devices in a matter of weeks
Viewfinity Privilege Management Support for FDCC & USGCBakeophila
The Federal Desktop Core Configuration and U.S. Government Configuration Baseline constitute a list of security settings recommended by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for computers that are connected directly to the network of a United States government agency.
Viewfinity Privilege Management helps with FDCC and USGCB compliance in desktop lock down environments allowing flexible management of administrator rights.
Computer validation testing involves verifying that IT and network equipment such as servers, routers, switches, and cabling are installed and operate as intended. The document discusses validation procedures including installation qualification (IQ) to check proper installation, and operational qualification (OQ) testing including hardware diagnostics, startup/shutdown, power loss simulation, and communications redundancy checks for servers. Regulatory compliance and ensuring consistent system performance are the goals of validation.
This template provides a sample format for preparing the Control Implementation Summary (CIS) Report for the CSP information system. The CSP may modify the format as necessary to comply with its internal policies and Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) requirements.
Nowadays, IT operations are required to run on a tight budget and under constant watch. Compliance, security and mobile innovation are making proper auditing of IT systems absolutely necessary. Knowing the most fundamental facts, like who changed what, when, and where, will save hours of troubleshooting, satisfy compliance needs, and secure the environment. This white paper shows a methodical approach to IT infrastructure auditing. That includes proper planning, estimation of time needed to implement an effective IT auditing solution, and critical resources.
The document discusses federal compliance standards for information systems used by the US government, including FISMA, DIACAP, and the upcoming FedRAMP. It outlines the six step process for achieving compliance: 1) categorizing the system, 2) selecting controls, 3) implementing and documenting controls, 4) assessing controls, 5) authorizing the system, and 6) ongoing monitoring. It provides an example of how a cloud service provider like Acquia can achieve compliance for their platform by documenting the controls each party is responsible for across the application, OS stack, and infrastructure layers. Finally, it lists some specific FISMA moderate controls applicable to the Drupal content management system.
The official-whole30-program-whole9life.com (1)Kevin Allen
The Whole30 program is a 30-day diet plan that eliminates sugar, grains, legumes, dairy and alcohol in order to help people discover food sensitivities and reset their metabolism, inflammation levels and relationship with food. Participants are asked to strictly avoid all restricted foods for the full 30 days in order to see results. The program aims to help people change their habits and cravings permanently through the month-long elimination period.
30 Minute Masterclass | The Killer QuestionMarianne Page
The document discusses how to overcome overwhelm and lack of time by focusing on what you are trying to achieve and why through establishing 5 priorities. It recommends getting specific about what achieving each priority looks like in 3-5 years and what needs to be accomplished this year. The author then offers a 90-day mentoring program to help clients determine priorities, create an action plan, and build accountability through weekly check-ins and daily texts.
This document contains the resume of Sanjiv Kumar Verma, an experienced human resources professional with over 29 years of experience in human resources management. He is currently serving as the Assistant Vice President of Human Resources at STI India Limited in Indore, India, where he oversees HR, administration, security, and facilities management. Prior to this role, he held various HR leadership positions at other companies. He possesses extensive expertise in areas such as strategic HR planning, talent management, employee relations, compliance, and change management. His resume demonstrates a proven track record of successfully managing HR operations and driving organizational effectiveness.
UX at Hemnet - How we created a new map search experiencce, Antrop UX All sta...Magnus Burell
Hemnet created a new map search experience by establishing small, cross-functional teams organized around themes. The teams involved all members from the start in user experience design, development, and getting feedback to build shared knowledge and ownership. They conducted user research, prototyped concepts, and iterated in 2-week cycles with continuous feedback to deliver the experience in chunks to their live site. After implementation, the theme teams dissolved to focus on evaluating the experience over time through user testing. The process allowed for an integrated, empowered approach but raises questions about scalability for larger projects.
1) Pupillometer use at Columbia University Neuro ICU provides objective pupillary assessment to guide patient management, triage, and prognosis.
2) Case studies demonstrate how pupillometer detected subtle pupillary changes preceding clinical deterioration in TBI and SAH patients, allowing timely interventions.
3) Abnormal pupillometer readings correctly identified increased intracranial pressure and need for surgery in several cases.
The document discusses oxygen therapy for neonatal respiratory insufficiency. It notes that oxygen is widely used but must be carefully monitored to reduce side effects like bronchopulmonary dysplasia and retinopathy of prematurity. Automatic FiO2 control can better maintain oxygen saturation levels in the target range compared to manual control, reducing hypoxic and hyperoxic exposure and freeing up nursing time. Future studies aim to determine if optimized oxygen management can improve outcomes for high-risk newborns.
The document discusses the role of an HR Business Partner (HRBP) in the retail sector of an organization. The HRBP acts as a strategic partner between HR and retail management to align business objectives with employees. Key responsibilities of the HRBP include developing HR solutions that support retail goals, maintaining business knowledge, resolving employee issues, providing HR guidance and policy interpretation to retail management, and identifying and monitoring training needs for retail employees.
What Does it Take to Achieve Software License Optimization?Flexera
1. Software license optimization is the ongoing process of managing software licenses throughout the lifecycle to maximize utilization, minimize costs, and ensure compliance. It involves reconciling software installations with purchase entitlements based on the vendor's product use rights.
2. Achieving software license optimization requires investment in people, processes, and technology. It requires defining roles and responsibilities, gaining executive support, and determining the organizational structure for the optimization team. Best practice processes and next generation tools are also needed.
3. Key components of next generation software license optimization technology include leveraging existing IT infrastructure, providing broad platform discovery and inventory, incorporating license model and product use rights knowledge, tracking usage data, and automating asset management processes.
CodeMeter is a software protection and licensing solution that provides maximum protection for intellectual property in software. It has a straightforward implementation process involving defining product features, protecting the software, generating licenses, and shipping products. CodeMeter licenses can be hardware-based or computer-specific. It offers flexible licensing models to suit different customer needs and helps monetize software.
Modern Software Licensing: New Trends and Optionslisaabe
Virtualization, Software Streaming and Cloud Computing,
Data Centre Backup, Software Shelving, Desupport and Tied Selling all create modern software licensing issues that are discussed in this presentation.
The presentation also reviews the new trends in licensing of Third Party Products and Open Source Software as well as new
Pricing Models for modern software licenses.
The document discusses open source GIS software as an alternative to proprietary GIS software. It defines what open source means, including allowing free redistribution, access to source code, allowing modifications, and non-discrimination. It also discusses concerns about open source adoption in government. However, it argues that open source GIS software can meet requirements for fitness of purpose, value for money, and low risk. Choosing sustainable open source projects with large user bases can help minimize risks. Open source GIS software is now mature and interoperable enough to consider for commercial use.
Introduction to Microsoft Product Licensing. Discusses how Microsoft software is licensed, and shows pitfalls around Microsoft licensing. Recommendations and conclusions per topic are covered. Discusses Windows licensing, Office Pro Plus licensing, Server/CAL and Core/CAL licensing, CAL suites, SQL Server licensing and more.
Software License Optimization Managed Services from Flexera SoftwareFlexera
The document describes Flexera Software's managed services for software license optimization. There are three levels of managed services - Inventory, Compliance, and Optimization. The Inventory Service provides visibility of software installs. The Compliance Service manages commercial software licenses. The Optimization Service minimizes software license consumption and costs. Flexera leverages its FlexNet Manager Suite to provide the managed services and help organizations gain control over their software licenses and costs.
Virtualization Complexities Impact Your Software Licensing PolicyFlexera
The document discusses how virtualization impacts software licensing policies and provides recommendations for software vendors. It notes that virtualization allows multiple operating system instances on one physical machine, which can impact license enforcement. It recommends that software vendors define a virtualization policy, understand how many customers use virtualization, and consider pricing and licensing models for virtual environments. It also describes Flexera Software's approach to help software vendors address these issues through virtualization detection and license binding/permission strategies tailored to different trust levels.
A presentation on the principles that technology suppliers can adhere to in order to become more responsible. Also serves as a description of behaviours that procuring organisations should look for in their suppliers.
This was originally written back in 2010. I didn't focus on the technology itself, hence most is still relevant today. However, there have been further developments since then that may require additional thought, e.g. the role of DevOps and the supplier's responsibility to it, the place of AppStore and similar software repositories.
The document discusses preparing for and conducting software license audits. It notes that software vendors are increasingly conducting audits both to ensure compliance and as a revenue stream. The document outlines common reasons for unintentional non-compliance, such as changes in licensing terms or upgrades/downgrades. It recommends companies conduct internal self-audits using the same scrutiny as vendors to identify issues and develop remediation plans. Engaging specialists experienced in vendor licensing can help optimize audit outcomes through identifying compliance gaps, interpreting terms favorably, and negotiating penalties.
The document provides an overview of software engineering. It discusses how software engineering is concerned with developing software using systematic principles and methods. It notes that software costs often exceed hardware costs and that maintenance costs can be several times more than development costs. It also discusses key challenges like coping with increasing complexity and demands for reduced delivery times. The document outlines fundamental software engineering activities like specification, development, validation and evolution.
Week 7 - Choices in Systems Acquisition and Risks, Security,.docxhelzerpatrina
Week 7 - Choices in Systems Acquisition and Risks, Security, and Disaster Recovery
Sousa, K., & Oz, E. (2015). Management Information Systems, 7th Edition. Cengage Learning.
ISBN-13: 978-1285186139
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· Chapter 13
· Chapter 14
Week 7 Lecture 1 - Choices in Systems Acquisition and Risks, Security
Management of Information Systems
Choices in Systems Acquisition and Risks, Security
Systems Acquisition
Options to consider when acquiring a new system are, development in-house, outsourcing, licensing, software as a service (SaaS), and having users develop the system. There are trade-offs to consider for each option. In-house development has several advantages to consider such as a good fit to organizational need and culture, dedicated maintenance, since the developers are accessible within the company, seamless interface, when the system is custom-made for an organization special requirements can be implemented to ensure that it has proper interfaces with other systems, and specialized security, special security measures can be integrated into an application. Additionally, there is a potential for strategic advantage. Some of the disadvantages of in-house development are, high cost, a long wait for development personnel, who might be busy with other projects and the application may be excessively organization specific to integrate with other systems.
Outsourcing
Advantages of outsourcing are improved financial planning sense outsourcing enables a client to know the exact costs of IT functions over the period of a contract. Another advantage is reduced license and maintenance fee discounts. Outsourcing gives businesses an opportunity to increase their attention to the core business by letting experts manage IT. Outsourcing also provides shorter implementation time as IT vendors can in most cases complete a new application in less time than in-house development. A reduction in personnel as another advantage as IS salaries and benefits are expensive. Outsourcing increases access to highly qualified knowledge. Clients can tap into the IT vendor’s knowledge and experience gained by working with many clients in different environments.
Some of the risks of outsourcing IT services are a loss of control, a loss of experienced employees, outsourcing involves transferring organizations employees to the highest vendor, the risk of losing competitive advantage outsourcing the development of strategic systems is the same as disclosing trade secrets. Another disadvantage is high price despite careful pre-contractual calculations companies find that outsourcing cost them significantly more than if they had spent their resources on in-house development.
Licensing
Benefits of licensing software are immediate system availability, low price (the license fee), available support, and high quality. Immediate availability shortens the time from when a decision is made to acquire the new system and when the new system begins to be productive. The product is high qual ...
Distributed Co-ordinator Model for Optimal Utilization of Software and Piracy...CSCJournals
Today the software technologies have evolved it to the extent that now a customer can have free and open source software available in the market. But with this evolution the menace of software piracy has also evolved. Unlike other things a customer purchases, the software applications and fonts bought don't belong to the specified user. Instead, the customer becomes a licensed user — means the customer purchases the right to use the software on a single computer, and can't put copies on other machines or pass that software along to colleagues. Software piracy is the illegal distribution and/or reproduction of software applications for business or personal use. Whether software piracy is deliberate or not, it is still illegal and punishable by law. The major reasons of piracy include the high cost of software and the rigid licensing structure which is becoming even less popular due to inefficient software utilization. Various software companies are inclined towards the research of techniques to handle this problem of piracy. Many defense mechanisms have been devised till date but the hobbyists or the black market leaders (so called “software pirates”) have always found a way out of it. This paper identifies the types of piracies and licensing mechanisms along with the flaws in the existing defense mechanisms and examines social and technical challenges associated with handling software piracy prevention. The goal of this paper is to design, implement and empirically evaluate a comprehensive framework for software piracy prevention and optimal utilization of the software.
- Cloud computing provides cost savings for enterprises by allowing them to access software services over the internet rather than maintaining their own servers and software. However, tracking software usage for billing purposes under usage-based licensing models is complex.
- Flexera Software provides solutions that help software companies implement a spectrum of licensing models, from strict enforcement of usage to a more flexible "trust but verify" approach, to maximize revenues and ensure compliance.
- As cloud-based services continue growing, new hybrid deployment and pricing models are needed to address the complex needs of tracking usage across local and cloud-based software environments.
The document describes an enterprise app store solution called App Portal from Flexera Software. It enables IT departments to provide a self-service platform for employees to access and download approved desktop, cloud, and mobile applications, while maintaining governance and software license compliance. Key benefits include empowering users, increasing IT efficiency, reducing costs, and optimizing software asset management.
This document discusses nodelock licensing mechanisms and patterns of applicability. It begins by defining nodelock licensing as a methodology where software is installed on a specific machine and the license remains valid as long as the agreement is valid. It then discusses different types of nodelock licenses and how they can be used to limit usage. The document also categorizes different types of software and nodes/devices to analyze patterns of applicability for nodelock licensing based on factors like hardware/device attributes, health levels, duration of use, and level of security required. Finally, it discusses customizing nodelock licenses based on usage patterns of the software from very frequent to very rare use.
The document discusses NCC Group's escrow services and the benefits of software escrow agreements. It explains that escrow agreements protect licensees if a software supplier fails by ensuring the licensee can continue maintaining critical applications. Verification services also ensure deposited materials are complete and can rebuild applications. Given current economic conditions, the document recommends organizations assess critical applications, educate stakeholders, and establish escrow agreements to mitigate risks if suppliers face financial difficulties.
The document summarizes an app portal product from Flexera Software that allows companies to provide a self-service app store for employees while maintaining IT control and governance. The app portal enables license compliance, automated software distribution, and helps optimize software usage and costs. It provides benefits like role-based app access for employees, automated approvals, and audit trails for compliance.
Software license and maintenance fees represent a major IT expense for organizations. Effective management of software licenses can reduce costs significantly but requires expertise that many organizations lack. As IT environments become more complex, organizations are looking to outside partners to help manage licenses strategically and avoid non-compliance penalties. Flexera Software offers managed services at different levels - inventory, compliance, and optimization - using its FlexNet Manager Suite to track software usage and licenses across diverse IT assets.
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Similar to Proximity Issues Brief – Software Licence Issues in a Thin-Client or Virtualised Environment (20)
2. In this legal issues brief, Proximity explores some of the
software licensing issues that you should consider before
moving to a thin-client architecture.
Introduction
Thin-client computing and virtualised computing is
becoming increasingly popular in large organisations,
including large government departments and agencies.
Thin-client computing is a computer architecture in which
a significant proportion of the computer processing is
performed by servers in a centralised data centre rather
than on individual desktop computers at employee
workstations.
The purported benefits of thin-client computing include:
>Increased efficiency through use of centralised
computing resources (less hardware and less energy
consumption)
>Increased security and control (including increased
protection from the use of unauthorised software and
viruses)
>Software, hardware and application changes are made
once at the data centre
>Reduced purchasing costs for end-user devices (because
desktop computers are replaced with less expensive
thin-client terminals with no internal or attached hard
drives for data storage)
>Reduced maintenance costs (primarily through less IT
support staff required to fix problems with individual
desktop computers)
>Increased productivity (primarily through greater uptime
and shorter repair times)
>Increased mobility.
In traditional thick-client computing, software applications
(ie the computer programs used by employees) run on
individual desktop computers at employee workstations.
In thin-client computing, software applications run on
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centralised servers and are then distributed to the
employees’ thin-client terminals over the organisation’s
computer network.
Software licensing in the thin-client
environment
The two most significant software licensing issues to
consider when transitioning to a thin-client or virtualised
environment are:
>software pricing models that could result in higher
licensing costs for software applications in the thin client
environment
>licence restrictions that prohibit use of the software
application in a thin-client environment.
Software Pricing Models
Software applications are licensed using many different
pricing models. Common software pricing models include
pricing models based on processing power running the
software, number of devices on which the software
application is installed, number of people using the
software application, size of the organisation using the
software application and outputs produced by the
software application.
The software application pricing models that are most
likely to cause increased cost in a thin-client environment
are deployment based pricing models (eg per device
licence) and geographic pricing models (eg per site
licence).
Example 1 – A software application is currently
licensed per device. If the thin-client architecture
assigns the software application based on user
profile (not device), a single user may require
multiple licences for the software application if
they use the software application on multiple
devices.
Example 2 – A software application is currently
licensed per processor. If the thin-client
architecture has dynamically load balanced
resource pools, every processor in the resource
pool may need a licence (even if the virtual
processors created out of the resource pool only
use a fraction of the pools processing power).
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3. Example 3 – A software application is currently
licensed per instance. If for a single user the
thin-client architecture will run the software
application on both the server and the virtual
machine, a single user may require multiple
licences.
Example 4 – A software application is currently
licensed for a particular site or region. If the
thin-client architecture assigns software
applications based on user profile (not device), a
single user may require multiple licences if they use
the software application at multiple sites.
Example 5 – A software application is currently
licensed per instance. If the transition plan involves
running both the current thick-client environment
and the new thin-client environment in parallel for
a period of time, a single user may require multiple
licences.
If a thin-client transformation project is not managed
appropriately, this can lead to significant increases in
software application licensing costs. This increased cost
could exceed the benefits of the new architecture. The
good news is that if the issues are managed early they can
usually be addressed.
Proximity has a number of strategies that can assist. Some
proposed strategies are set out in later sections of this
legal issues brief.
Common Restrictions that May Affect
the Thin-Client Architecture
The typical ‘purchase’ of a software application does not
give you ownership of the software application, but rather
a license to use the software application. The licence
agreement sets out how you can use the software.
A software application is only permitted to be used in
accordance with the terms of the software licence that
applies to that software application. Software licences
include various restrictions.
Common restrictions in software licences that should be
considered to determine if they prohibit use of the
software application in a thin-client environment include:
VIRTUALISATION: You may not use the software
application within a virtual (or otherwise emulated)
hardware system.
DEVICE: You must not install the software
application on a device other than the device on
which the software application was originally
installed OR You may only install the software
application on an authorised device.
SERVER: You must not install the software
application on a computer file server.
MODIFY: You must not modify or adapt the
software application, including by removing the
installer program.
EXPORT: You must ensure that the software
application is only used in the country in which it
was purchased.
NOTICES: You must not remove any notice from
the software application. You must not allow the
end user licence agreement file to be separated
from the software application.
AUDIT: You must provide audit reports on your
usage of the software application on a quarterly
basis.
Using software applications in a way that is not permitted
by the licence risks:
>infringing the intellectual property rights in the software
application and being sued by the IP owner or for
government agencies, having to make a payment to the
IP owner under a crown copyright licence
>breaching the licence agreement and being sued by the
licensor.
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4. What to do
The best approach to dealing with software application
licensing issues in a thin-client environment will depend on
many factors including your specific organisation,
architecture and objectives. Common steps include:
Step 1: Conduct an audit to identify all of the
software applications for deploying on the
thin-client environment.
Step 2: Review the software licences to determine if
use of the software application in the thin-client
environment:
>will result in higher licensing costs (that are not
budgeted)
>is prohibited by a restriction in the licence.
Step 3A: If the software licence is okay, deploy the
software application in the thin-client environment.
Step 3B: If the software licence is not okay, there
are various options including:
>seek permission from the software application
vendor
>obtain additional or expanded licences
>package and deploy the software application
differently
>do not migrate the software application to the
thin-client environment and retire it or replace it
with an alternative.
Some specific project level actions that may assist include:
Action 1: For software applications that have a ‘per device’
pricing model:
>in the short term, use IP address control functionality to
only allow the software application to run on the end
user’s primary device
>over time (and immediately for those applications for
which use of the IP address control functionality is not
suitable), liaise with the software vendor to convert the
licence for that software application to a ‘per user’
pricing model.
Action 2: For software applications with a licence that
prohibits use outside Australia, use IP address control
functionality to only allow the application to run on devices
in Australia.
Action 3: For licences that prohibit removing the installer,
do one of the following:
>use a software application packaging method that does
not remove the installer
>write to the vendor seeking approval to remove the
installer for the purpose of packaging the software
application for deployment on the thin-client
environment.
Action 4: Ensure that software application groups include
only current software application users.
Action 5: For software applications that are licensed per
instance, do not deploy the application in parallel on the
current environment and thin-client environment without
vendor approval.
Action 6: Package the software applications in a way that
notices (eg copyright notices and EULA text files) are not
removed during the packaging process.
Action 7: For software applications that are licensed as part
of a suite of products, ensure that the software
applications that are part of the suite are deployed
together (and not distributed between multiple users).
Above all, seek expert legal advice from someone who
understands both the legal and technical aspects of
thin-client environments.
Ongoing compliance
For each software application that is deployed on the
thin-client architecture, ensure that there are controls in
the new architecture to remain compliant with the
software licence into the future.
Example 1 – A software application is licensed on a
virtualisation subcapacity basis and is deployed on
the thin-client architecture. It is necessary to
ensure that the processor capacity available to the
software application is limited to the amount
licensed. During initial deployment it is not
uncommon for more processor capacity than
initially intended to be made available. This could
result in licence fees that significantly exceed the
amount funded.
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5. Example 2 – A software application is licensed on a
concurrent user basis and is deployed on the
thin-client architecture. It is necessary to ensure
that there are controls in place to prevent the
number of users accessing the software application
at any one time from exceeding the number of
concurrent users permitted by the licence.
Example 3 – A software application is licensed as a
package of products. It is necessary to ensure that
there are controls in place to prevent the packaged
products being distributed between multiple users
or devices where that is prohibited by the licence.
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Pricing model May be problematic or more expensive if…
Restriction Licence prohibits…
Example 4 – A software application is licensed per
instance. It is necessary to decommission virtual
machines that are no longer needed to avoid
paying excess license fees.
Example 5 – A software application is licensed per
device connected to the server. It is necessary to
understand and then control whether this is for
every connected device or only those devices that
are running or able to run the software application.
Quick reference guide
The software application will be run on a different device
The thin-client architecture is not able to track number of concurrent devices
The thin-client architecture assigns software applications to user rather than device
For a single user the thin-client architecture runs the software application on both a server and virtual machine
The software application is deployed in parallel on the current environment and thin-client environment
Thin-client architecture allocates different processor pool to the software application
The thin-client architecture assigns software applications to user rather than device
The thin-client architecture is not able to track number of concurrent users
The software application is deployed in parallel on the current environment and thin-client environment
Device – named
Device – concurrent
Device – total
Deployment – instance
Deployment – processor
Geographic – site
User – concurrent
User – total
Virtualisation
Device
Server
Modify
Export
Notices
Audit
Installation in a virtualised environment
Installation on certain types of devices (eg mobile, non-PC or non-OEM devices)
Installation on a computer file server
Modification or adaptation of the software application (eg removal of the installer program)
Use of the product outside Australia
Removal of notices (eg removal of copyright notice or separation of EULA file)
Use of the software application unless certain audit reports can be produced (eg usage logs)
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