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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Planning Overview
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure can yield significant benefits to organizations in terms of service provision, manageability, security and cost. Yet these benefits can only be fully realized with adequate planning. Trying to successfully plan for a migration from a physical to virtual desktop infrastructure, without knowing the extent to which the physical environment is being used prior to the migration, is like trying to size an ERP system without knowing how many people will use it.
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The Dirty Little Secret about Software Licensing That’s Costing You Plenty
You’ve always suspected that your company is paying too much for software, and it’s true – you are. A fair agreement would allow your company to pay for software that your employees need to do their jobs. Software companies have defined this in their agreements as “Installed.” After all, it wouldn't be installed if someone didn't need it; right?
The dirty little secret of software licensing is you are being forced to buy more software than you need from the major software vendors because neither they nor you have practices in place to ensure you only buy what you need.
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Software License Optimization: Using Asset Intelligence to Fund Your Projects
Most organizations overbuy licenses for 60 percent of their software portfolios. Even those that have spent millions of dollars deploying complex IT asset management systems, struggle to control the costs of their IT environment.
Learn how forward-thinking companies are combining industry-leading usage tracking capabilities with cost management approaches for immediate ROI.
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Achieving Vista readiness: Strategic PC Lifecycle Management Gets You There
Industry experts report that approximately half of today’s business PCs do not meet the minimum requirements for Windows Vista™, and more than 80 percent do not meet Vista’s premium requirements. What’s more, organizations that do not carefully plan for Vista will incur costs that extend well beyond the expense of new hardware.
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Making PC Lifecycle Management Work For You: A Four-Phase Approach
Industry analyst Gartner estimates that 80 percent of the total cost of PC ownership is incurred after purchase, falling somewhere between $7,000 and $13,000 per PC per year. For many IT organizations, there is no higher priority than gaining control of this astronomical cost.
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