Locuz.com locuz.com WHITE PAPER Data Sheet acube provides an intelligent and customizable analytic software solution enabling you to make right procurement decisions of their application licenses. 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 their application licenses. Application Asset Analytics
Business Drivers 1 Lack of accurate and updated License Inventory records: Multiple locations/multiple teams managing Softwares 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... Because acube resolves these Challenges, it allows enterprises not only to improve their application utilizations but also enable them to take informed decisions. acube gives organizations customized dashboards, alerts and notifications to effectively manage application license usage. 2 3 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 Lack of objective data for software Procurement Decisions: Automated dashboard gives a single view into everything running within your cloud. Lack of objective data on utilization trends of any application 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 2
Feature List Features Description Application license inventory view Single Console view across license managers Peak Usage and Denial Reporting Usage Efficiency Reports Usage Over Time Reports High Water Mark Reports 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.» What different application license we own» Which applications are most used?» Which applications are not used?» What s happening now (who is using what)» Are their users waiting for licenses and resulting in non-productive time and in turn project delay» How is licenses server efficiency uptime/availability» Are we over licensed/ under licensed - resources planning acube provides a single console view of the near real-time use of all the concurrent licenses in the environment. This enables a single administrator to proactively resolve availability issues, maintain server and agent health, and optimize software licensing operations throughout the organization in a more automated and standardized way. The new Operational Dashboard in acube for Engineering Applications provides an out-of-the-box, near real-time license management reporting interface, Key components include:» License Feature Usage» License Feature Denials timely insight to aid faster resolution» Excess License Usage by User report» License Server Status Anticipate and prevent license denials. This report displays license usage trends, showing the days and times when it s at its maximum and minimum, so administrators can see when the probability of denials will be high and take appropriate action. See the amount each license is being used in order to determine the proper number of licenses needed on an ongoing basis. Usage Over Time Reports - See the maximum number of licenses in use over a period of time to determine which licenses to renew and which to drop See the maximum number of licenses in use over a period of time to determine which licenses to renew and which to drop. Understand peak usage of licenses over time to optimize license purchases and more effectively manage peak demand. 3
Server Coverage Reports Report Scheduler Multiple Report Formats User-Friendly Web-Based Interface Real-Time License Availability Monitoring Vendor Daemon Status Proactive License Alerts Aggregate Data to Meet Reporting Needs Software Investment Planner Applications Supported Document the time period a particular license server was serving licenses, as well as any significant periods of downtime. Raw Reports Improve analysis and troubleshooting of license server activity by seeing individual usage events for every license checkout. Schedule reports to automatically run without human intervention. Export reports into multiple file formats, including XML, PDF, CVS, TXT, PNG, JPEG, HTML, and RIF. acube s Web based UI makes it easy for any administrator to securely manage licensing operations from anywhere.. acube allows you to see current license usage and availability, so you can quickly resolve issues before they impact end users. View the current, in-depth status of each vendor daemon in your environment, including their individual report and debug logs. Automatically receive alerts notifying you of potential licensing problems such as downed license servers, license expirations, license usage thresholds exceeded, and license overdraft situations so you can take quick action. Alerts can be set globally across all license servers and customized to only alert administrators for a server subset. acube for Engineering Applications provides data organization in hourly, daily and monthly aggregations to ensure the right data is captured and organized at the right granularity for disk savings and significantly improved reporting performance. 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. This helps organizations to more accurately plan and budget for the future and determines the right mix of software to purchase or retire to minimize software costs. Investment Planner also helps identify the most efficient way to distribute licenses across the organization, effectively manage license denials and address license compliance issues. 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. 4
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 Datasheet 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