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Software Usage Monitoring and Optimization

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Many of you are asked to do more with less: Invest in new technology with a shrinking software budget or cover more tasks with fewer resources. Many of you have a security focus. All of you are high-end users of technology, with little tolerance for denials and bad performance of your systems. And finally, many of you provide software or services and you want the end-users to have as much value from your delivery as possible. In that way they will be your long term customer. Let us show you how:
  • To benefit from monitoring information technology resource usage in your environment or at your customer site. Metering matters and what you can expect to accomplish with metering.
  • The business cases of an E&P organizations clearly benefited from implementing an IT usage monitoring.
  • The common obstacles of getting started and give you some advice on what to look for and how to move forward with usage monitoring.

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Mapping Software License Usage to Real Entitlements for Better Decisions 

Software license servers report usage at the feature level, while organizations buy entitlements at the package or feature set level. That mismatch prevents teams from seeing the true usage of their purchased license packages and their needs going forward.   Engineering software from Ansys, AspenTech, Dassault, Autodesk, and other vendors powers design, modeling, simulation, and analysis. These applications often represent some of the highest per-seat costs in an IT budget. They

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Achieving Operational Readiness for the Next Wave of AEC Software 

As AEC firms adopt advanced design, simulation, and lifecycle solutions, understanding how these tools are used across teams becomes essential for maintaining operational continuity and budget discipline.  2026 will see the AEC sector entering a period of rapid technology evolution. Leading AEC software vendors like Bluebeam, AVEVA, and Trimble introducing new and advanced features that promise more intelligent collaboration, automated workflows, and integrated data environments.  To fully leverage these capabilities, organizations need a clear

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Gartner’s 2026 Tech Trends: Visibility Remains a Competitive Edge 

Gartner’s top strategic technology trends for 2026 highlight how data, AI, and automation are reshaping enterprise IT strategies. For engineering, energy, and manufacturing organizations, these advancements point to a single reality: competitive advantage increasingly depends on how effectively software is governed, optimized, and utilized.    Licenses, cloud applications, AI workloads, and simulation tools now run across

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