License Asset Management

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License Asset Management
Experts in Engineering License Management!

• Guy Haas
• ghaas_at_teameda.com

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Value Added Reseller for
Developer of License Asset Manager
www.teameda.com
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Premise

• Engineering Application software is expensive and
  needs to be more effectively managed
• Control of assets? lower costs? increased
  Profit
• Trend to time-based Licensing? more
  Expirations!
• Trend to frequent remixing? new keys, changing
  Expirations!
• Keeping track of Vendors, Contacts, POs,
  Licenses, License keys, Expiration dates, License
  Servers,..is important.
• More than one person is interested in this
  information
• An automated Expiration Alert system is
  desirable
• License Agreement compliance is becoming more of
  an issue. So easy access to legal docs is
  important
• Keeping track of Subscription and Maintenance
  costs from year to year is important

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Typical approach

• Licenses multiple Spreadsheets, by multiple
  people
• POs not tracked, or in multiple Spreadsheets
• Negotiation concessions (special deals) not
  documented
• Vendor and Contact info may be in ones Outlook
  or a business card in ones drawer.
• Info can be missing or out-of-date
• License key Expirations
• tracked manually
• wait for Vendor to notify
• wait for license key to shut down
• License Servers ??
• License Agreements ??
• Cant easily generate Inventory Reports, PO
  History by Vendor, or Estimate Renewal Expense
  without considerable effort and time.
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  Interested in Best practices?

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Solution

• License Asset Manager
• Architected to
• Consolidate and share a full range of License
  asset information
• Vendors and Tools
• Contacts
• License Keys
• Expiration Dates
• POs and Notes
• License Agreements
• License Servers
• Fast, easy to use, scalable, and SHARED!
• Priced low ? fast ROI

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LAM Features

• Browser based (IE/Mozilla)
• Centralized SQL database
• Highly scalable
• Stress tested to 10,000 Licenses
• Email Alerts for expiring Subscription or
  Maintenance
• Extensive use of Hot Links (to PO files,
  License key files, License Agreement files, etc.)
• Extensive use of Notes
• Numerous Reports at your fingertips

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Who would use LAM?

• EDA/MDA Tools Manager
• Tool inventory
• Vendor Contacts
• License Key expirations
• License Server information
• Engineering Management
• License Inventory by Restriction
• Renewal cost estimates
• License Agreement compliance
• Vendor liaison (negotiator)
• Vendor PO history
• Vendor Contacts
• Notes
• IT Admin
• License Server information
• Finance
• Inventory Reports
• Renewal cost estimates
• Vendor PO history

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LAM Reports

• Current Reports
• License Inventory
• By restriction WAN, LAN, NL
• By purchase type Perpetual, Subscription,
  Time-based, Temp
• Expired License Keys
• Maintenance w/Expiration dates
• Vendor specific Reports
• Contact List by Vendor
• PO History by Vendor
• Renewal Expense Estimate by Vendor
• Specified time period Reports
• Expirations coming up for a specified period
• Estimated Subscription Renewal costs for a
  specified period
• Estimated Maintenance Renewal costs for a
  specified period

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LAM Data Import

• Direct entry
• Excel (LAM_import.xls)? Map utility? LAM
• Vendors, POs, Tools, Licenses, and Servers
• EDA and MDA Vendors and Tools.. (Corporate
  information and full Tool List included)
• Scripted data import
• TeamEDA Services
• Internal scripts
• PO import
• FLEXlm Key reader

EDA Cadence, Mentor, Synopsys, Denali, Magma,
Synplicity,. MDA MathWorks, Ansys, MSC
Software, Fluent, Abaqus, Dassault, PTC,.
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LAM Data Export

• All Reports
• Expiration Alerts
• Expired Licenses
• Expiring Licenses, for any given period
• CSV, Excel, or XML format

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LAM Benefits

• Consolidate and share License Asset information
• Automated Expiration Alerts, so you have adequate
  time to negotiate best price, and renew without
  service interruption
• Reports at your fingertip
• Numerous License Inventory reports
• Renewal and Expense Estimate reports
• Subscription and Maintenance cost history (view
  cost trends prior to negotiations)
• License Agreement compliance
• Reduced License Management time
• Reduced License costs

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LAM Pricing
Annual

Perpetual Subscription LAM Server (lt250
licenses) 4,900 2,900
(250-1000 licenses) 9,900 5,900
(gt1,000 licenses) 19,900 11,900 Annual
Support 18 n/a ( Licenses to be
managed by LAM)
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Value proposition

• LAM is approx. .25 (1/4 of 1) of annual license
  budget
• If Annual License Budget is 1mil, 150 licenses
  LAM is 5k.
• If LAM can save just 5, 50,000, Payback is less
  than 2 months!
• Reduce License Manager admin time by 30 -- what
  is that worth? Sharing of License Asset
  information?
• License Agreement compliance (easy access to
  TCs)-- what is that worth?
• Improve service delivery by eliminating License
  Key shut down (time-outs) -- what is that worth?
• Better asset management (knowing where all
  License Assets are at all times, knowing when
  keys time out, negotiating renewals farther in
  advance,..) -- what is that worth?
• ( 1.25 of Revenues)

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Live Demo
http//216.195.222.171/lam