locuz.com Application Asset Analytics
acube provides an intelligent and customizable analytic software solution enabling you to make right procurement decisions of your application licenses. 2
Application analytics acube is an innovative and flexible application analytics tool with customized dashboards for analyzing application usage and trend analysis, alert, notifications from variety of license managers in your organization. acube for any organization provides an intelligent and customizable analytic software solution enabling you to make right procurement decisions of your application licenses. acube helps Aditya Birla, a leading conglomerate, to monitor and optimize Commercial Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) and Computer-aided Design (CAD) software licenses. It also helps them to control and consolidate software expenses across the enterprise landscape there by supporting sound decision making on new software acquisitions and license renewals 3
Challenges acube addresses Lack of accurate and updated License Inventory records: Multiple locations/multiple teams managing Software and license Different license servers across locations, holding multiple license files Limited understanding of license files features, subs features, bundling Poor monitoring of license files, expiry dates and update license files Lack of data on administration of various licenses like evaluation license, floating license, concurrent users etc. Lack of objective data for software Procurement Decisions: Poorly defined planning process on management of software assets through scheduling Lack of capability to predict the impact of growth plans on available software assets Inability to measure the effective of software procurement decisions by measuring adoption trends Lack of visibility on License/software Utilization: Lack of a clear strategy / process for the licenses deployment and utilization Difficulty in tracking the utilization of applications thorough log files statistics Lack of solution to convert log life data in real time data that can used to understand the utilization trends 4
Key Features Software Investment Planner Application license inventory view Get answers to business questions more quickly and easily with this powerful planning tool that provides detailed insight into software usage and denial trends as they relate to contractual license terms, costs and organizational structure. License Expirations may be critical if a license key shuts down, shutting down a whole project, acube gives a management report on Current License inventory, usage and current status. User-Friendly Web-Based Interface acube s Web based UI makes it easy for any administrator to securely manage licensing operations from anywhere. Vendor Daemon Status View the current, in-depth status of each vendor daemon in your environment, including their individual report and debug logs. Real-Time License Availability Monitoring acube allows you to see current license usage and availability, so you can quickly resolve issues before they impact end users. Applications Supported It supports Flex LM, LUM, LM-X and other License managers based applications in the area of CAE/CAD/EDA/CFD/GIS/E&P and PLM. 5
About Locuz Locuz is an IT Infrastructure Solutions and Services company focused on helping enterprises transform their businesses thru innovative and optimal use of technology. Our strong team of specialists, help address the challenge of deploying & managing complex IT Infrastructure in the face of rapid technological change. Apart from providing a wide range of advisory, implementation & managed IT services, Locuz has built innovative platforms in the area of Hybrid Cloud Orchestration, High Performance Computing & Software Asset Analytics. These products have been successfully deployed in leading enterprises and we are helping customers extract greater RoI from their IT Infrastructure assets & investments. acube Brochure Locuz Inc. 450, Raritan Center Parkway, Suite B, Edison, NJ - 08837 Phone: +1 737 247 6280 E-mail: info@locuz.com Web: www.locuz.com