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1. Software License Management Aphanet.glintsu lvilakati s

2. Table of content • Introduction • What is Software license management? • Why do we need to do Software license management? • Where is it done and by whom? • Software license as a record and how it can be used as such • Having Software as a License • Issues to consider • Availability of Software • Browsing • Software Training

3. Introduction • Project overview • Organisations are using software’s on a daily basis to help them meet their goals and objectives and as a result it is essential that the software’s being used be licensed. Licensing software requires a good management thus leading to Software License Management.

4. What is Software License Management? Organization and coordination of the software license activities in an enterprise by making sure that the needed software are available to the users and that they are used effectively, keeping record of the most useful software in the company and making sure that the software versions are updated when needed.

5. Why do we need to do Software license management? • It is vital that it is done. • helps organizations understand the value they receive from their software investment. • identify parts of the organization that may be in need of software upgrades.

6. Software License Management • Benefits • Reduced costs • Obtain peace of mind • Improve employee satisfaction • Increase staff productivity • Optimize deployment

7. Where is it done and by whom? • CSIRIS ICT department • ICT manager • Play a big role in the CSIRIS • Benefit the CSIR

8. Software license as a record and how it can be used as such • Importance of saving software licenses as a record • Retrieve old information • To track and retrieve the software • To update software licenses • Benefits to the CSIR • Avoid risks of losing information • Tasks to be done by the CSIRIS • Maintain software license records

9. Software license as a record and how it can be used as such (cont) • Managing software license records helps with: • Formation of statistics (user) • Difficulties in software license management • There is no standard for software license management • Legal control (This all leads to inconsistency and redundancy)

10. Software license as a record and how it can be used as such (Cont) • There are a number of ways to simplify the complexities • Develop a library of templates with predefined license models • Integrate inventory data across the business • Facilitate data normalization and classification • Support dependent licenses, such as upgrades

11. Software license as a record and how it can be used as such (cont) • Few examples for attributes of a software license management record: • Date of purchase • Place/method of purchase • Software vendor, name, version • Serial number • Unlock code (product key) • Location of software

12. Having Software as a License in electronic format. • Highly Recommended. • Allows content to be facilitated effectively. • Reduce cost in areas of License. • Becomes more efficient and improve its ability to promote IT governance through software compliance.

13. Issues to consider for electronic versions. • Availability of Software. • Browsing. • Software Training.

14. Availability of Software. • Software must be: • Directly from the website. • In a downloadable distribution.

15. Browsing. • Easy accessibility to users. • The repository needs to be viewed through a web browers: • Standard software titles so that all employees have the same versions. • Central software purchasing to keep it under control and organised. • Retire obsolete workstations and software.

16. Software Training • To reduce support cost: • Limit the number of application and devices. • Avoid custom in-house solutions if possible. • Encourage your staff to find ways to automates any repetitive tasks that they perform.

17. Software License Management Tools Practical

18. Table of Content. • Overview of Software License Management Tools. • Tools Evaluation. • Advantages. • Disadvantages. • Features. • Look and Feel. • Tools comparison. • Recommendations. • Reference.

19. INTRODUCTION • Application that are used to create , maintain and support license activities in an enterprise. • Mostly used in large companies. • Used to accomplish number of tasks, such as: • Save and maintain license information into records. • Save Vendor and Maintain customer records. • Maintain software license compliance.

20. Protection! Licensing server v4.5 • A license server is a “computer system that maintains a list of license holders and their associated permissions to access licensed content”. • Two major components to support the Licensing Server functionality • Licensing Server • Management Console.

21. The main features of the Licensing Server • Ability to remotely monitor and manage the Licensing Server. • Ability to revoke license locks sessions . • Ability to host and to distribute an unlimited number of licenses. • Ability to allocate licenses for specified users. • Ability to control access to the Licensing Server.

22. The main features of the Management Console • Ability to view licensing statistics and server statistics. • Ability to maintain access control lists. • Ability to discover running instances of the Licensing Servers • Ability to maintain licenses storage.

23. Advantages • Complete control over license distribution and use with ability to revoke given license at will. • Powerful yet simple configuration. • Flexible deployment models. • Zero administration cost (if deployed at the client side).

24. Disadvantages • It doesn’t keep information about the software Vendor name, website and technical support contacts. • It doesn’t keep any warranty information and return policy. • Long process of connection before it can be used effectively.

25. Look and feel • Not user friendly when the user is novice, especially when it comes to the connection of the servers.

26. EasyLicenser software • An open source software license management tool • An application that controls software license • Generate statistics on software license usage • Software runs on all platforms (Both Linux and windows) • There are both Java and C++ versions

27. Advantages • Fast integration into your application • Low-cost • Powerful, non-intensive security • Runs on a single-user desktop and on a server • It has an array of licensing models (unlimited expansion)

28. Disadvantages • Licensing of this software is based on total revenue of client • Support for application is limited

29. Features • Convenience and simplicity • No separate license server • Easy understandable Configurations • License capabilities • Users have unlimited access to product

30. TOOLS COMPARISON • Software Tools: • Protection! Licensing server v4.5. • EasyLicenser. • Criteria Used to evaluate tools: • Usability. • Features.

31. Security (powerful, non-intensive security) • Encryption • Anti-spoofing • Anti-Cloning • Node-locking • State integrity

32. Look & Feel • Software uses simple forms • Easy to navigate • Options to configure Look & feel

33. Usability. • The ease of a tool that employees can use effectively without complex issues. • Easy navigation. • Understanding of the Attributes. • Easy Installation.

34. Features. • Software must have many options and functional capabilities to the users. • Record software Information e.g Vendor, Website, Technical Support etc

35. RECOMMENDATIONS • The ease of use of EasyLicensor in terms of required information. • Provides statistics on the number of users and how the software license is used. • Less technical expertise to operate. • Alert functions to the users on the Date of expiry.

36. CONCLUSION • Than you!! • Easy Licenser Link.