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Improving Software Management Efficiency through a Centralized Management System

Optimize License Usage / By Open iT, Inc.

Software management and administration can be tough, especially when things are done manually and without a centralized management system. Having to go through every license and options file for each license server unnecessarily takes up time and resources. Companies with a vast and complex software environment need an advanced system for the administration of license …

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Save Costs on Autodesk Software thru Metering

Optimize License Usage / By Open iT, Inc.

Learn more Autodesk is a multinational publisher of industry-leading software including AutoCAD, Revit, InfraWorks, Alias, HSMWorks, Inventor, ReCap, Mudbox, VRED and Maya, among others. Currently, Autodesk offers their products under both perpetual and subscription-based licenses. However, with the recent announcement that it will transition Maya from perpetual to subscription-only software model by February 1, 2016, …

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Are you Spending Too Much on Software Licenses?

Optimize License Usage / By Open iT, Inc.

Learn more “Dept. of Veterans Affairs spent millions on PC software it couldn’t use[i]”, according to a recent report by Sean Gallagher of Ars Technica. It was reported that they purchased 400,000 licenses for Symantec’s Guardian Edge encryption software, leaving more than 84 percent of those licenses—worth about $5.1 million, including the maintenance contracts for them—uninstalled. This …

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Chargeback: Transforming IT Costs to Profits

IT Chargeback / By Open iT, Inc.

Learn more Are you spending too much on IT? This question has vexed IT managers over the past few decades, and is still being asked today. Cost-cutting initiatives have gained prominence during the recent economic downturn, and demands to reduce costs have persisted. IT systems and infrastructures are often perceived as costly investments, and their …

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Why Outsource IT?

Optimize License Usage / By Open iT, Inc.

Learn more As new technologies continue to drive modern businesses, the need for outsourcing is growing exponentially. Lowering costs has been an enticing advantage of outsourcing. Aside from the direct savings in operational expenses including employees’ salaries and benefits, outsourcing allows organizations the freedom to concentrate on business facets and remove important but non-core processes …

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