K2: Software Asset Management

What is Sassafras K2?

• K2 is a point product for advanced software and hardware asset management

o Purchase and entitlement trackingo Policy driven license managemento Software and hardware auditingo Software product recognitiono Software usage meteringo Usage, audit and compliance reporting

• Global Enterprise Scalability – 50K+ client computers supported by a single server process

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Sassafras Software Inc.

• K2 is published by Sassafras Software, based in New Hampshire USA.

• Sassafras Software is a pioneer in SAM since 21 years

• K2 is deployed in USA, Europe, Japan and Australia

• K2 is deployed in over 2+ Million client computers

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Customers

• Adobe Systems• Apple Computer • Microsoft Corporation• IBM• British Broadcasting Corporation• General Motors• Toyota Corporation• NASA• Stanford• University of California• MIT• University of Michigan• ….

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Software Asset Management (SAM). Why?

• Reduce your software costs. Procurement, support, upgrades, …

• Increase employee productivity

• Eliminate business and financial risks

• Comply with vendor software license agreements

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SAM: A key to reducing costs and improving productivity

“Companies over spend by 15% to 20% on software licenses” – Gartner Group

“Companies routinely spend 10% to 20% of their software budgets on updates and support services they may not even need” – Gartner Group

“Companies can save between 10% to 30% of their annual software costs by implementing a good software asset and license management solution”

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K2 Components

Client–Server Architecture

• KeyServer – Server process

• KeyAccess – Client agent, which runs on desktops, laptops, and servers

• KeyConfigure – Management console

• KeyReporter – Web based reports

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KeyServer

KeyAccess

KeyAccess

KeyConfigure

Architecture

Server Clients

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Purchase tracking and reconciliation

• Software Purchase Records and Histories

• Contract and Purchase Document Storage

• External Purchase Data Importing

• Calculation of Current Entitlement Position

• Automated Reconciliation of Entitlements against Management Policies

• Purchase data can be imported in XML format from other procurement systems

• Can be tightly integrated with other procurement systems10

Software product and Hardware discovery

• K2 agent discovers software products and hardware configuration details

• Automatic product identification, filtering and classification

• Online product identification database

• Program version identification and control

• Manage physical and virtual instances

• Extensive audit reports

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Application Usage

• K2 can measure usage of any discovered software product

• Provides comprehensive and accurate view of software usage

• Making incorrect assumptions of usage can be a costly mistake.

• Extensive usage reports

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License Management

• Define flexible usage policies to control access to any software product

• Node locked, floating/concurrent use, site and leased licenses

• License compliance is an ongoing process, enforce compliance

• Security. Blackout selected software usage

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3. Monitor Usage Reconcile Achieve Compliance

5. Optimize Software Assets

4. Enforce License Policy Maintain Compliance

Complete Software Asset Life Cycle

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1. Procurement2. Discover Software/Hardware

Will K2 affect the network and end users?

• The presence of the K2 is invisible to the end users regardless of network size. Good citizen

• A typical K2 client will generate less than 30 Kbytes of traffic over the course of an eight-hour workday.

• Largest installation of 50K+ clients

• The K2 components run silently and require little or no administration

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K2 Reports

• Built-in report templates can produce hundreds of detailed and summary reports

• Web based reports and scheduling

• Direct support for customized external reports

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Integration

• Flexible IT Data Integration

• Authenticate with common third party tools Active Directory, LDAP, Kerberos, others…

• Data easily accessible through open standards

• Help desk, Procurement, Service desk, Service call management etc.

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System Requirements• No server grade OS or hardware required.

• No database or third party back-end tools required

• One server process supports tens of thousands of clients.

• Servero Windows 7, Vista, NT, 2008, 2000, 2003, XPo Mac OS 7.5 to OS X 10.5o NetWare 4.2 - 6.5o Linux 2.2 and higher

• Cliento Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Win 7o WTS (thin-client): NT 4, 2000, 2003, Citrix 1.7o Mac OS 7.5 to OS X 10.5o Linux 2.2 and highero Solaris 9 and highero Support for virtual clients

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Licensing

• K2 is configured and priced by the number of computers and thin client sessions that will be managed.

• The per-client price varies with the size of the installation.

• License is perpetual.

• Technical support is free for life of the product.

• Upgrades are additional (and optional).

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Thank You

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