You may be wondering how does LAMUM gather data. Here we discuss how LAMUM collects data for Inventory/Asset, Renewal and Vendor and Usage data (for the various license types). Inventory/Asset, Renewal and Vendor data: Quickly import (anything in an Excel spreadsheet). Manual entry also is fast and easy. GUI is very intuitive and it takesContinue reading “How Does LAMUM Gather Data?”
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Complimentary Data-Driven AutoDesk Named User Transition Planning
Are you faced with higher AutoCAD license fees due to being forced to the Autodesk named-user license model? Before migrating to Autodesk named-user licensing, fully understand your AutoCAD license usage with LAMUM and consider potential savings. You are probably aware that on August 7th, 2021, Autodesk will enforce a transition for all software users toContinue reading “Complimentary Data-Driven AutoDesk Named User Transition Planning”
How Does the Engineering Team Use your EDA Software?
With many teams currently working remotely, do you know how the team is using the EDA software and are there ways to be more efficient? Historical data and batch reporting are key for decision making. How do engineers use software and tools? Are there particular times when the tools are used more than other times?Continue reading “How Does the Engineering Team Use your EDA Software?”
Challenges with Home-Grown Code Solutions
Many companies have had specialists write home-grown code. It was was written long ago and has been in use for some time. Although limited, perhaps out of date, it is installed and working, and probably doesn’t cost anything. But what are some considerations? You can learn more about how home-grown and DIY solutions for licenseContinue reading “Challenges with Home-Grown Code Solutions”
Challenges in License Management
Challenges in managing license assets arise in different ways – data proliferation, lack of data sharing, data disappearance, timely alerts on expiring license keys, inadequate license asset reporting, and access to binding License Agreements. Data proliferation results from the shear amount of data related to managing licenses: Vendors, Resellers, Contacts for each, Internal Users, LicenseContinue reading “Challenges in License Management”
Subscription Licenses – What Are They & Their Challenges?
In the past, obtaining engineering software applications meant a purchase of a perpetual license, with annual maintenance, which is typically 20% of purchase cost per year. This is still the most popular approach. Subscription Licenses However, Vendors are pushing more time-based licenses, called Subscriptions. Some even provide the ability to “remix” license counts quarterly, orContinue reading “Subscription Licenses – What Are They & Their Challenges?”
Current Challenges: Expense of Engineering Software
There must be a better way to keep track of expensive electronic or mechanical engineering software licenses and associated resources. Engineering software is very expensive and is essential for development and on-time project completion. So why is there so little management attention, or control systems in place for these assets? Today’s manufacturing firm can spendContinue reading “Current Challenges: Expense of Engineering Software”
IT Chargebacks for Engineering Applications
Chargebacks for IT software & services can surprisingly be an emotive topic for managers in most organizations. Issues can be summarized as: Typically Engineering Directors feel they are hit with escalating costs on a yearly basis, with very little transparency as to how these were calculated. The IT functions understand their staffing and project costs but lack theContinue reading “IT Chargebacks for Engineering Applications”
Planning an EDA, CAD, FEA, PLM or ALM upgrade? How well do you know your users?
Looking back a few years, I remember the urgent conversations during a scaled-up User-Acceptance Testing (UAT) phase; “Why are Robert and his team using the advanced features on the model viewer? I am not sure we have enough licenses now with the change in functionality at this new software version. Why didn’t we pick up onContinue reading “Planning an EDA, CAD, FEA, PLM or ALM upgrade? How well do you know your users?”
Added Functionality: JSON Export for Tableau
In LAMUM, our Engineering Software license intelligence platform, we deliver hundreds of reports through interactive, on-demand favorites or batch delivered (Take a look at our YouTube videos to learn more about various functionality). By always innovating, we also now deliver our data as an export JSON format for further analysis in data visualization tools suchContinue reading “Added Functionality: JSON Export for Tableau”