IT Asset Management for Companies that Care About Measurable Return on Investment

Collaborating on Cost Saving

We are sailing in uncharted waters. The current recession is unlike any other in living memory in that we will occupy a very different world when growth returns. In order to survive in what is likely to become an austere decade, a new spirit of collaboration between finance and IT is required. This whitepaper explores some of the issues organizations grapple with when pursuing a strategy of cost reduction and offers simple ideas for eliminating most unnecessary spend, without any group or department feeling threatened.

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The Truth About Usage Metering

You may be contemplating a project to meter usage of software and applications. Indeed you may already have features inside existing tools that purport to offer this facility. This white paper uncovers the real meaning of usage metering and illustrates why the discipline requires a thorough evaluation if it is to yield the maximum benefits

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Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – 7 Questions to Ask

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure can yield significant benefits to organizations in terms of service provision, manageability, security and cost. This whitepaper list seven questions you may want to consider as you plan your migration.
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Top 5 Reasons Customers Augment SCCM with Survey

Most of Scalable’s customers use SCCM from Microsoft. At first blush these two products appear to be competitive, however there address totally different use cases. Learn why most of Scalable’s customers have chosen to augment their SCCM installations with Survey in this concise white paper.

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Next Generation, SaaS-based, Agentless, Network Discovery and Software Inventory

With the arrival of virtualization and a cloud-based model for provision of IT services, both private and public, the set of requirements for Network Discovery and Software Inventory tooling has changed dramatically. Anyone contemplating an IT Asset Management project, in support of a cloud computing fture will need to ensure their Network Discovery and Software Inventory is prepared.
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Benefits and Methods for Adding Service Utilization Data to your CMDB

Actionable Service Utilization Intelligence can deliver dramatic savings if available to progressive organizations. However, for many companies such the desire to use a CMDB as the source of information to drive IT cost management makes the adoption of Service Utilization Intelligence problematic; the two initiatives are often seen as incompatible. This white paper explores how Service Utilization Intelligence can be seamlessly incorporated into a CMDB, and how in doing so IT can materially and rapidly improve the ROI of CMDB projects.
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