Organizations need visibility and control of the hardware and software assets deployed in their environments. Discovery and inventory are the key first steps to gaining that visibility. The next step is to analyze and normalize the raw inventory data to identify the publishers, titles, versions and editions of software installed on each device. This normalized inventory data is the foundation for a number of business processes, including— software asset management and license compliance (IT Operations), software vulnerability management (Security), and IT service management. There are many business benefits that come from having normalized inventory, such as—identification of unauthorized software in the environment which could pose a security risk, rationalization and consolidation of the software portfolio to reduce management and support costs, and more. Attend this webinar to hear about: -Normalized Inventory Use Cases and Associated Business Value -FlexNet Normalized Inventory for Clients -FlexNet Normalized Inventory for Servers

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The Power of
Normalized
Inventory
Gain Insights into Your Business
to Reduce Cost and Risk

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Today’s Presenter
Cyndi Tackett
Vice President, Solutions Engineering
Flexera Software
Email: ctackett@flexerasoftware.com
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• Multiple Inventory Sources
• Multiple Instances of Inventory tools
• Significant Manual effort
We are drowning in
DATA and have little
information…

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How many applications do we
have?
Are they being used?
How many versions are there?
Do we have unauthorized or
redundant applications?

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How many assets do we have?
Are we paying the appropriate
property taxes?
What assets should be retired?
What assets are missing?

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Normalized Software Inventory
• Collect and Process the Raw Inventory Data
• Automated Process Eliminates Manual Effort
• Identify Software Publishers, Titles, Versions and Editions
per Device
• Identify Software Suites
• Normalize the Data
• Classify and Categorize Software

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Software Recognition & Normalization
File
Name = Visio.exe
Version = 12.0.6214.1000
Publisher = Microsoft
Rule
If the file name equals Visio.exe and the version
starts with12.* and the publisher contains *Microsoft*
then the application is Microsoft Visio 2013
Application
Title = Visio
Edition = Professional
Version = 2013
Publisher = Microsoft
FlexNet Normalized Inventory for Clients / Servers
List of
Installed
Software
Per Device
Reports
Application
Recognition Library
Desktop & Datacenter
Inventory
Recognition &
Normalization Process
• Files
• Packages
• Registry Data
• ISO tags

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Application Recognition, Normalization & Usage
Data Capabilities
Capability FlexNet Normalized Inventory
Application Recognition ARL covers more than 190,000 software titles from 16,000
vendors
Product Suites Recognizes Product Suites; critical for managing the
application and calculating a license compliance position
ISO 19770-2 Software ID Tags Supported
Data Normalization Data is normalized during the recognition process (ARL)-
using consistent, industry standard naming conventions
Software Categorization and
Classification
Identified software is categorized– enables rationalization—
removal of redundant and unneeded applications
Usage Data – Desktop Apps Can be tracked- for reharvesting and maintenance
reductions; track .exe files

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Normalization – Ensures Standardization & Accuracy
Office
Our Application Recognition Library
automatically takes care of these
issues

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Discovery and Inventory
Agent-based
Discover &
Inventory all
Desktop, Laptop
and Server Devices
Agentless
LEVERAGE EXISTING 3RD PARTY INVENTORY TOOLS:

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Hardware Asset Inventory
Know what physical and
virtual assets are deployed
and where
• Desktops, Laptops,
Servers, Virtual Machines
• By Business Unit / Cost
Center / Department, etc.
• Asset Ownership
• Update the Fixed Asset
Register
Asset
Management
Database
Fixed Asset
Register

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Use Case Example: Track Hardware Assets and
Update the Fixed Asset Register
• Ensure appropriate property tax payments are being made
• Accurate data can produce significant cost savings
• Improved Data Quality in Fixed Asset Register
• Removal of 10,000 retired assets resulted in
significant cost savings
• One Centralized Source for Global Asset Data
(depreciation, EOL, Legal Hold, etc.)
• Reduced risk and realized substantial cost avoidance
Global Technology Company: 514% ROI
FAR Clean-up and Data
Quality Improvement
Centralized Standardize
Global Asset Repository

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Business Value of Normalized Inventory
Visibility into
Estate
Improve Security,
Reduce Costs
Eliminate Manual
Effort
Enhance ITSM
Processes

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Use Case #1 – Populate the CMDB
Normalized software inventory data enhances ITSM processes
Incident Problem Change Request
Enterprise
Data
Data Sources:
• ITSM Discovery
• Microsoft SCCM
• Other Tools
Automated:
• Software Identification and
Normalization
CMDB
FlexNet Inventory
Normalized Software Titles per Device

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• Collect Usage Data, Remove
Unused Applications
• Reduce Software Footprint– Can
Lower Security Risk
• Potentially Reduce Software
Maintenance Costs
• Avoid net new license purchases
Use Case #2 – Reclaim Unused Applications
Software under-consumed
by 5% or more

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Use Case #3 – Identify Unauthorized Applications
Unauthorized Applications Could Pose a Security Risk

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Use Case #4 –Drive Rationalization & Consolidation
• Rationalize the Software Portfolio
• Consolidate Vendors and Applications
• Reduce Attack Surface
• Reduce Support Costs

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Normalized Software Inventory is the First Step
Toward License Compliance and Optimization
Critical Input to the License Reconciliation Process
Normalized
Software
Inventory
SKU Library
FlexNet Manager Compliance Engine
License
Compliance
Position
Areas of Cost
Savings
Reclamation &
Reuse
Reports
License
Entitlement Data
(PO, MLS, etc.)

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Normalized Inventory is the Foundation
Software License Compliance
& Optimization
Software Vulnerability
Management
Rationalization & Consolidation
Normalized Software Inventory

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For More Information
Visit our website: www.flexerasoftware.com/SLO
Download the Datasheet: FlexNet Inventory for Clients / Servers
http://media.flexerasoftware.com/documents/Datasheet-FNI.pdf

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