How to Determine the List of Strategic Software Vendors

Posted in Software license compliance

By Natalie Overstreet Lias In a workshop recently, I was asked a question I’d never considered in detail before. We were discussing a phased approach to Software License Optimization based on the software asset management (SAM) Maturity Model and “crawl, walk, run” to achieve success over the term of a SAM project. With that in mind, I’d suggested a focus on the organization’s top ten vendors. The question was, “what do you mean by top ten?” It seems simple. Certainly, any software asset manager can typically identify, without any doubt, the four or five software publishers most critical to the…

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Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Posted in Configuration Manager, Hyper-V, Windows 2008

By Garth Jones A few weeks back I upgraded my laptop to Windows 8. As many of you may know I have a lot of Virtual Machines (VM) which are mostly System Center Configuration Manager VMs. These VMs are hosted within the Enhansoft private cloud. The physical hosts are a range from Windows 2003 (Virtual Server) to Windows 2012. One...

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System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection for Mac Custom Install

Posted in Antivirus, System Center

System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection Manager for Mac is a standalone anti-virus application for OS X 10.6-10.8.  Although part of the System Center 2012 product line, it is not currently managed by any of the management systems.   There is no central management or reporting at this time.   If you wish to customize the application and transfer settings to another install,...

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Desktop Transformation Lessons Learned – Business Case, Part 3

Posted in Application Readiness, Application Virtualization, Desktop Transformation

By Greg LaVigne I have a few final perspectives to share related to Desktop Transformation business case development. Previously, I discussed the merits of performing a detailed use case analysis as well as application rationalization exercises early on so the findings and recommendations can be used as a part of the business case development. I then outlined using an investment perspective as opposed to simply a cost savings approach. Here are a few more ideas for you to consider: Be broad in your thinking and discussion. Desktop Transformation can include many different pieces and parts. In putting together the business…

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myITforum welcomes Atea as a Gold sponsor

Posted in myITforum.com, Sponsors

You may have already read the press release on the wires this morning, but I wanted to formally welcome Atea to the Gold sponsorship on myITforum.com. If you attended MMS 2013, it was hard to miss their booth. And, once you stopped by to see our old friend Phil Wilcock (a founder of 1E), you were able to get a...

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Managing 3rd party updates with ConfigMgr webinar replay is live!

Posted in Events, SCCM 2012, SCUP

Kent Agerlund presented a webinar with Secunia last week. The 47 minute webinar covers all aspects of managing 3rd party updates using ConfigMgr 2012, and Kent provided some awesome details and tips for utilizing ConfigMgr 2012 to keep your Windows infrastructure secure. The webinar replay is here: Managing 3rd Party Updates with Microsoft’s System Center Configuration Manager

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