In what ways can Unified Logic add value to your organization?
- Device manufacturer and model capture, irrespective of the IT asset management tool used, as well as physical and virtual platform identification, virtual guest to host mapping and architecture classification by 32 and 64 bit
- Device grouping by business unit, location, role, operating system version or architecture, for planning, budgeting or even internal charge back analysis
- Improved hardware asset management and employee-to-device mapping. This can assist with device recovery to simplify lease returns, warranty claims, product recalls, etc.
- Assessing and improving the accuracy of server processor information
- Identification of devices that qualify for secondary use rights
- Virtualization mapping, including the identification of automation levels, guest movement capabilities, cluster configuration, affinity / anti-affinity rules, etc.
- SharePoint® mapping and MOSS feature identification by site and user. This also includes farm mapping and Services identification to simplify future consolidations
- Role mapping versus simply identifying which server has, for example, Exchange. Our role mapping includes such tasks as front end, OWA, hub transports, edge, reporting and passive nodes
- Server consolidation recommendations based the number of users or databases per server
- Many organizations have licensing agreements or purchased licenses at a version higher than they currently have deployed. We identify the actual devices running each version and can help determine if they can be upgraded. We can also pinpoint the deployment of non-approved products that represent a break down in acquisition and deployment procedures and impact pricing, license management, minimum volume purchasing requirements and configuration standardization
- Automated identification of devices with multiple versions of the same product that only require a single license for that product family
- Automated Original Equipment Manufacturer server license identification
- Automated extraction of databases to aid application linking, load balancing analysis
- Fast, efficient data collection. Whether it's extracting just what is needed from an existing SAM tool or collecting data from 'unmanaged' devices, we have developed custom tools and queries to retrieve only what is needed, which streamlines the extraction process and minimizes the time spent collecting, moving and analyzing what is ultimately retrieved; and
- Merger and acquisition activities effect many organizations. When a licensing compliance assessment takes weeks and months to complete, there often isn't enough time to complete the necessary due diligence. Teaching customers how to quickly and efficiently complete their own assessments going forward allows them to incorporate licensing compliance into their M&A activities, minimizing the risk of unforeseen compliance issues that weren't addressed up front and could have been factored into the acquisition itself.
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