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Implementation Techniques & Common Pitfalls
18/11/2014 ITAM Review European Tools Day
Mathias KnopsProduct Manager & Head of Presales
Aspera – The Company
Provide ONE SAM solution that fits all customer scenarios
Be industry leading not by ideas but by available function
Be complete OOTB for all relevant vendors, products and licence metrics
Be fast in adopting customers’, partners’ and market’s requirements
Be flexible as required to maintain this ONE solution
Our aim is high: Be the best SAM solution on the market!
Our Mission
Aspera – The CompanySome Facts 2014
120>25%
growth rate p.a.
14years in business
3/3founders still
“on board”
1
catalogue
(all from one source)
part of an innovative
group
employees
Aspera – The CompanySome Facts 2014
new customers
20customersworldwide
143 > 1.2
m lines of code
40,000 clients in
ave.(150 – 300,000)
strategic tool
97%
Aspera – The CompanyOur Portfolio
modules(so far …)
5service offerings
> 10
6-8 steps
(updates) per year
standard trainings
> 10
delivery options
3
strategic roadmap
items
> 7
Aspera – The CompanySurveys and Certificates
CapGemini(10/2014)
Rank 1 100 %KPMG
(Germany)certified“… scores well ahead
of all publishers.”
Aspera – The CompanySurveys
Aspera - Best in Class for Managing MicrosoftITAM Review (10/2014)
Customer since 2008International roll-out (60+ countries), 120,000 devicesServices: Licence Clearing, Software Recognition, Extended Catalog, ConsultingSpecifics: 300 legal entities worldwide, with over 80 different data sources that had to be consolidated/connected.
Customer since 2011International roll-out (200+ countries), 500,000 devicesServices: LaaSSpecifics: 1,059 legal entities worldwide, complex structure mapped out in SmartTrack and recorded all licenses allocated throughout the enterprise for a global overview of licenses, entitlements, and contracts.
Customer since 2009International roll-out (20+ countries), 50,000 devicesServices: Licence Clearing, Software Recognition, Extended Catalog, Application Monitoring and Interface Troubleshooting, ASP (Hosting)Specifics: SmartTrack covers 95 % of all devices (all types). Fully integrated financial management into SAP for ERP.
Implementation TechniquesOrganisations Providing SAM Service on ST
1 SmartTrack Architecture Model
2
7
3
Implementation TechniquesSmartTrack - Integration (Minimum)
D: LicensesT: File
Excel/CSV
3
D: UsersT: LDAP
ADS
7.1
D: ataT: echnology
Legend
ID
D: Systems, SoftwareT: DB
SCCM
2.2
1 SmartTrack Architecture Model
D: LicensesT: SAP query
SAP
2
1
D: Systems, SoftwareT: DB
IBM Tivoli
D: Systems, SoftwareT: DB
SCCM
D: Systems, SoftwareT: DB
Altiris
D: SystemsT: DB
USU Valuemation
D: Systems, SoftwareT: DB
Novell ZEN
2.2
2.1
2.3
2.5 2.4
4
D: DMST: HTTPS (API)
IXOS
5
5.2
D: RequestsT: SOAP (Connect-IT)
Peregrine (HP)
D: RequestsT: File
BMC
6.2
D: UsersT: LDAP
eDirectory
7.2
8
D: ataT: echnology
Legend D: Users, Cost CentersT: File
SAP HR
7
D: LicensesT: File
Excel/CSV
3
6
D: UsersT: LDAP
ADS
7.1
D: DMST: HTTPS (API)
SAP Archiv
5.1
D: CatalogT: OCI
SAP SRM
Implementation TechniquesSmartTrack - Integration (More Complex)
1 6.1
4
3
ID
8
Implementation TechniquesProject Planning & Management
WP02 Administration
WP03 Interfaces
WP04 Data CleansingSoftware Inventory | Licence
Inventory
WP06 Balance
WP
01 O
rgan
isati
on
WP
05 P
rocesses &
WP
07 T
rain
ing
s
Common Pitfalls
Dig up Windows NT 3.5 boxes from your basement
Investigate procurement records like “ordered as quoted on March 17th” or “Microsoft application, quantity 1, amount ₤20,000”
No consolidated data source
Multiple suppliers
M&A of publishers
1. Historical Licence Entitlements
Common Pitfalls
Where to retrieve data from?
To what level of granularity do we want to depict the organisation?
Link from users/devices/licenses to organisational units
2. Organisational Scope
Common Pitfalls
Which discovery solution to choose?
Identify gaps in data provisioning
Ensure completeness
No silver bullet discovery solution
3. Discovery of all Necessary Details
Common Pitfalls
“We don’t want to start with Microsoft. Microsoft is easy and we manage it via Excel”
Too many traps and details
Dynamic and automated calculation
Focus on other important tasks
4. Conviction to Being on Top of a Publisher
Common Pitfalls
Time sensitivity/pressure
Not strategically, but rather operationally driven decisions
No bargain to flatten the licence inventory
Unnecessary investments
5. Upcoming Contract Renewal
Common Pitfalls
Should not be the only motivation
More eminent to understand one’s estate
SAM is an upfront investment (tool, implementation, internal resources, compliance)
6. Only Focus on Possible Cost Savings
Common Pitfalls
100% of all publishers from the get-go
No focus > no learning curve
No feeling of success
7. Initial Scope Too Broad
Conclusion
The most important thing in licence management is to understand your estate
(technically & commercially). Everything else sits on top of
that foundation.
The One Thing to Take With You …
Questions?
Aspera GmbH and Aspera Technologies Inc. check and update the information in this presentation on an ongoing basis. Despite this, data may have changed. Therefore, Aspera cannot be held liable for the up-to-dateness of this document. The content and structure of this document are protected by copyright. Any reproduction of the information and data contained herein, especially the use of texts, text passages or illustrations, requires written prior consent of Aspera GmbH. Aspera, SmartTrack, FlowControl, OSM, ADM, ICM, CMM, FM, DMM, and the license management logo are registered trademarks of Aspera GmbH in Germany and/or other countries.
Mathias Knops
Phone: +49 (0) 151 – 647 166 94
Email: [email protected]
Thank You
Aspera GmbH – Dennewartstr. 25-27 – 52068 Aachen - Germany - www.aspera.com