Survey™ represents the state of the art in Software Usage Metering. If you want to easily, reliably and thoroughly identify which applications are being used, when, where, how and by whom, then look no further. All shown in glorious, actionable business intelligence charts, Survey will enlighten, surprise and positively change the way you manage so many aspects of your software portfolio.
Stop Paying for Software You Don’t Need
For many business sponsors there remains the nagging feeling that more software is purchased than is really needed. We’ve all had experiences of software installed, or made available to us, which is used just once then for a variety of reasons, never used again. When scaled across an organization such “shelfware” represents a huge drain on financial and human resources as it must be maintained, supported and paid for. With the advent of SaaS; self-provisioned, cloud-based applications; or internal ‘App-Store’ models for application delivery, the situation is set to get worse. These application deployment models are designed to make it easier and more efficient for users to get the applications they need. It is inevitable that this will lead to the provisioning of applications that are not utilized as intended, which will in turn lead to unnecessary compliance issues, hardware and software fees.
Make Enterprise Migrations More Efficient
Migration planning is now a business as usual process, even for a mid-sized organization. Migrating applications and files from one platform to another can be very costly in terms of compatibility testing and remediation. Over the years the quantity of unused applications, files and plug-ins on source machines as steadily grown. Without an accurate picture of which application objects are genuinely needed by the users, significant unnecessary time, effort, cost and risk will build up inside a migration project moving applications and files not required in the target environment.
Survey is the only tool you’ll ever need for effective software usage metering. With forensic level usage detection. only Survey can identify the precise utilization of programs, packages, web applications, machines and users.
Survey solves a variety of real-world problems for Scalable’s customers. Chief among this problems is the continual over buying of software. With Survey in place, Scalable’s customers stop this waste immediately; whether the software is a web based application, traditional desktop tool or network licenses for virtualized desktops or application virtualization.
In additon, Survey enables organization to dramatically streamline migration initiatives. Whether your target platform is Windows 7, IE9, VDI or App-V, Survey can identify precisely which applications and components are really needed by the end-users, thereby eliminating costs, risks and time migration applications that are simply no longer required.
Rich in actionable business intelligence, Survey presents the information it captures and analyses in a wonderfully accessible way. Survey makes the job of anyone, responsible for buying software or managing a migration project, profoundly easier. With Survey you will immediately be able to:
- Eliminate over-buying of software licenses
- Remove the cost burden of maintaining and supporting under-utilized software and hardware
- Gain fair value from annual software license reviews and “true-up” negotiations
- Reallocate unused or under-utilized software instead of buying additional licenses
- Replace full versions of software titles with read-only/reporting/standard versions for users using the software in that capacity
- Plan the strategic migration to new operating systems, platforms, applications and files
Survey is the class leading Software Usage Metering tool. The following chart is presented to illustrate what we mean by that claim. The metering features on the left of the chart are those our customer gain the most benefit from. We would encourage anyone looking at Software Usage Metering to use this chart to compare the detail of the offerings under consideration.
Features | Benefits |
|---|---|
1 Unique usage tracking across all application delivery methods | 1 The only tool that can give you an unequivocally accurate picture of exactly how your software resources are being used. From traditional desktop tools, through web applications, virtual desktops, thin clients and virtualized applications. Survey can detail exactly how the application is being used, by whom and when |
2 Dynamic Catalog | 2 Always know exactly which applications are being used. Survey is now able to dynamically associated running programs with their installed packages. No external catalog needs to be maintained. Never be in any doubt as to which package edition your users are using |
3 Distinguish read-only activity from read/write activity | 3 Only by determining the nature of application usage can the correct license types be obtained. Most vendors offer free or low-cost read-only/report-only options. Survey can uniquely identify those users that only need such a license. Quite often read-only or report-only versions of software are easier to use; have lower impact on machine resources and require less configuration. In the case of web apps, they generally result in reports being emailed to subscribers |
4 Meter application sub-functions, dialog boxes and plug-ins | 4 Survey enables usage tracking to occur at fine levels of detail. This level of granularity is absolutely essential to get a full picture of licensing or migration exposure. There are many licensable products, such as plug-ins and data feeds, the can only be measured from inside an application. Without visibility at this level it is simply impossible to understand the real exposure. In addition, analysis of application training needs and usage policy is really only possible when usage metering occurs at a much more precise level of detail than just the application |
5 Identify orphaned executables | 5 Using the dynamic catalog, Survey can identify those executable components that no longer have software registration informations associated with them. Traditional tools rely on such registrations to identify what application are installed on workstations, however the presence of orphaned executables can still give rise to compliance exposure. Survey completely solves this problem and will also identify which of the orphaned executables have been used so that any compliance exposure can be accurately quantified. |
6 Available in SaaS | 6 If you want the ease, convenience and hassle-free exprience of a SaaS implementation, Survey is the tool for you. Scalable will configure you instance and get you going in no time at all. Just sit back, enjoy the information and start saving you company money |
7 License Key Retrieval | 7 Never lose a license key again. Survey can retrieve license keys from most major applications. This capability is an essential part of any life cycle management program where machine decommissioning and licence recycling occurs |
8 Pre-defined tracking of Oracle Business Applications | 8 Enables accurate analysis of whether individuals actually require full licenses of can use alternate. more costs-effective ways of getting the information. Trend usage and uptake of new applications over time. Identify opportunities for training and application decommissioning |
9 Integrate costs into the analysis | 9 Survey enables the costs associated with asset purchases to be recorded. This enables many of the analysis routines to reveal return on investment detais. Also, reports exists that enable these financial details to be used as part of a chargeback strategy |
10 License Key Retrieval | 10 Never lose a license key again. Survey can retrieve license keys from most major applications. This capability is an essential part of any life cycle management program where machine decommissioning and licence recycling occurs |
11 Integration with SCCM | 11 Survey turns usage intelligence into actionable information on many levels, not least of which is its integration with SCCM. Information on recycling can be implemented with just a couple of mouse clicks via its SCCM integration point |
 Use of Packages and their Components |
 Identified and Activated Plug-Ins |
 The Cost Impact of Used Licenses |
 Analysis of SaaS Use |
 Automated Discovery of Web App Use |
 Thin-Client Summary Dashboard |
