Insight:LicenseAdvisor
Electronic SAM Solution
Insight:LicenseAdvisor is the only comprehensive solution that interfaces with existing SAM technology to assist companies purchase, deploy, and manage software quickly and cost-effectively. Through focusing on entitlement, the most important factor driving every aspect of software asset management, this tool helps organisations to quickly determine:
- Who is entitled to purchase a software license
- The right media for a license entitlement
- How to entitle users, groups and the enterprise to receive software
- The best way for users to request entitlement
- How to manage entitlements going forward
- Ongoing Reconciliation
Easy Installation, Maximum Flexibility & Security
Insight:LicenseAdvisor is flexible, yet secure at the enterprise, group, and user levels. Insight:LicenseAdvisor is not intended to replace any tools already introduced. Instead, Insight:LicenseAdvisor is designed to integrate into existing environments and will considerably add to the value of any Software Asset Management tools already being used.
Example of a typical set-up
- Insight:LicenseAdvisor installs on a server behind the corporate firewall
- Security roles are created
- Connections are configured to work with the existing employee directory, employee portal, workflow service, and existing deployment tools
- Purchase history and current software license allocations are loaded into the system
- New distribution is mapped to the licenses, and old distribution mechanisms are locked down
- Employee entitlement data is populated, and the system is ready to work
The Benefits
Once Insight:LicenseAdvisor is implemented, you can reduce manual duplication of software and maverick purchases, consolidate licenses across offices and divisions, plus link entitlement and distribution right from the start. Because it is not locked into a single technology, you can use the deployment tool that best suits the needs of the employee, while employees get the software they require immediately.
When software is purchased and deployed, Insight:LicenseAdvisor makes management of these assets a simpler process:
- Inventory tools can be linked to purchases and installations
- Harvesting of licenses becomes much easier
- Flexible, robust approval capabilities make enforcing company standards straightforward
- Automatic alerts let companies know when they are running low on licenses
Insight:LicenseAdvisor oversees every aspect of the software purchasing, distribution, and management process, covering initial requests, authorisation, deployment, tracking and procurement. This results in the accurate distribution of software, and a permanent ongoing record of the licenses.
