Animus Solutions Bits and Bytes Blog

Software Cost Efficiencies

Jenny Schuchert — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:12:47 +0000

Has the budget shrunk or disappeared? How do you continue to manage software without a real program? These questions are not unusual this year and it will take some rethinking, aligning priorities around the essentials and holding off chaos. In an upcoming webinar with Miro Consulting, www.miroconsulting.com I built a list of 7 Quick Tips that help [...]

Good Content Best Feature of This Year’s IAITAM Conference

Jenny Schuchert — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:26:45 +0000

This year’s IAITAM conference was organized differently than the last two years, with an offering of 4 presentations at each time slot duing the conference. Instead of workshops, an educational set up and approach was the hallmark of the conference. I had the opportunity to attend sessions as well as present. Audiences were attentive and [...]

RFID World Heightens Interest in Active RFID for IT Assets

Jenny Schuchert — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:21:58 +0000

RFID technology continues to expand and build momentum, just as might have expected. The competition with bar codes also continues as the new barcodes like those on postal mail handle more informaiton and with less loss of data from damage. Scratch an ordinary bar code or lose a bar and the data is gone. Not so [...]

Is SaaS the Recession Tactic for SW that Leasing was for HW?

Jenny Schuchert — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:24:34 +0000

Saas and the Cloud - is the move inspired by the financial aspects?

Open Source Facing Compliance Issues Too

Jenny Schuchert — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:49 +0000

With the growth of “professional” versions of open source products, I have been waiting to see how software compliance would be dealt with. Open source is the opposite ocean, designed for sharing, although everyone has adjusted to versions where the user is expected to pay. Serdar Yegulalp of Information Week had some interesting remarks this [...]

SIIA Cracking Down on Internet Software Pirates

Jenny Schuchert — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:55:59 +0000

The Software and Information Industry Association recently announced that they have 32 lawsuits pending, all based on software piracy from internet auction sites such as E-Bay. Each lawsuit was filed on behalf of Adobe, a client of SIIA. Many strong lessons for us here: First, don’t buy software from just anyone. If the price is too good [...]

New Addition to Team & Services

Phara McLachlan — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:17:58 +0000

Animus Solutions, a provider of IT asset management and service management services has announced Program Review and Executive Briefing to deliver strategic advice at a minimal cost. We also announce the addition of Walter Darrough to the leadership team. As Vice President of Sales and Business Development, Darrough will continue to advocate IT business best [...]

Software Licensing impacted by Technology Changes

Jenny Schuchert — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:39:52 +0000

During the June 30 webinar by Scott Rosenberg, he identified technology as one of the drivers for licensing changes and complexity. He highlighted multicore processors, virtualization, open source, mobile workforce and limited use/application specific software. I believe we are all seeing these technology changes. It seems to me that the discipline of [...]

HP ServiceCenter Tidbits

Reginald Wilson — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:49:17 +0000

Controlling the “SYSADMIN” capability word in HP/Open View’s ServiceCenter As a Consultant, I have had the opportunity to implement and customize ServiceCenter in a number of unique environments. Sometimes, a small funcational change can be very important to the overall success of the project, so I thought I would share the occasional tidbit. In some organizations, [...]

Energy Costs “Drive” New Ways to Look at Change

Jenny Schuchert — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:34:54 +0000

Your company wants to go with another disposal vendor. While reading the terms and conditions, you see that they will be charging mileage for pick-ups. Your company wants to move the maintenance center or consolidate. You notice that the evaluation does not consider the extra travel time and costs to reach those centers. It is time to [...]

HP ServiceCenter Hints and Tips

Jenny Schuchert — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:11:29 +0000

Animus Solutions Consultants have participated for years in ServiceCenter implementations, upgrades and customizations. So, let’s give them a forum to share pieces of advice and experience that you might find helpful.

Virtualization - the Server yes, but the Desktop?

Jenny Schuchert — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:19:38 +0000

I’ve talked about the virtualization of the servers in the data center before and the ramifications to IT asset management. Recently, I had a discussion on virtualizing the desktop with Ed Cartier of Sage Technologies. We discussed the similarities of virtualizing the desktop to the old thin client on a terminal type PC rather than [...]

Compliance Rates Lower Than Acceptable

Jenny Schuchert — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:44:09 +0000

According to survey by King Research that is quoted in an Internet news article, out of 360 IT professionals who responded to the survey almost 70 percent chance felt that their companies might not be in compliance with its software-license agreements. Some 60 percent think that their companies have unlicensed software deployed. (http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3753516) Not good findings. Implementations of enterprise products [...]

Tomato Problems Solved by RFID!

Jenny Schuchert — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:25:03 +0000

Great blog on INformation Week about the problems the FDA has been having tracking the tainted tomatoes to the source, losing millions for the tomato industry. RFID to the rescue! Read a real-life example of technology at work: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/06/how_technology.html?cid=nl_IWK_daily_H

Why is June Software Asset Management Month?

Jenny Schuchert — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:42:01 +0000

We sent out a press release yesterday naming June as Software Asset Management month. The idea is to draw attention to managing software and to encourage companies to step up their programs to manage it. The timing couldn’t be more relevant. Companies are trimming budgets and rather than cut something vital, how about reusing software [...]