Automated Alerts are a critical component to efficiently managing your CAD,EDA, simulation software, PLM, MBSE, CFD engineering software. Not only do we offer the obligatory FlexLM ‘license daemon down’ alerts, but just as important are warnings for license capacity and ‘long checkouts’ (a user has a license checked out longer than the common average checkoutContinue reading “Automated Alerts: Efficiently Manage your CAD/EDA/PLM Engineering Software”
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Trying to Meet Compliance Milestones?
Do you have compliance milestones your team is trying to meet? Are you looking for ways to optimize your discretionary engineering spend and make decision-making faster? TeamEDA can offer a single repository for monitoring usage. If the estimate is overestimated: The company has paid too much up front. Will the contract allow for underutilized rollovers?Continue reading “Trying to Meet Compliance Milestones?”
Budget Constraints? Better Decision-Making for Engineering Software Spend
Are you facing budget cuts or constraints this year for your R&D team? Have you been putting off the analysis of your AutoCAD, GIS, CAD, CAM, Simulation, EDA, PLM, etc. license performance? Everyone is feeling the pressure of budget cuts and constraints. Are the expenses adding up? Can you cut down on expensive engineering softwareContinue reading “Budget Constraints? Better Decision-Making for Engineering Software Spend”
Ways to Reduce Your Engineering Software Spend
Engineering teams around the world are being forced to re-evaluate just about every aspect of their spend and operations. For those who can ride out the storm, managers have important decisions that need to be made. Read more in article from Business 2 Community. Here are a few considerations: Software Licensing: IT leadership probably doesn’tContinue reading “Ways to Reduce Your Engineering Software Spend”
Types of Risks & Ways to Mitigate
What risks should be considered? Risks could be in the shape of legal, financial or operational. It is also important to look at what companies can do to mitigate risks. Legal Risks Use in geo-graphic zones outside of contract WAN vs LAN licenses Short term emergency use? Not uninstalling license severs following a server moveContinue reading “Types of Risks & Ways to Mitigate”
Do’s & Don’ts of Software Audits for Engineering
Here are a few do’s and don’ts when facing a software audit Do’s Discuss with a legal specialist, there are many defense options –Get confidentiality agreements in place. Locate receipts and PO’s – SAM tool makes this so much easier. Consider where the alert come from, e.g. aggrieved employee or whistleblower. But it can beContinue reading “Do’s & Don’ts of Software Audits for Engineering”
Types of Software Audits
We are seeing a rise in software audits in the Engineering Software vertical. Just last week one of our clients was being Audited by Ansys. There are two main reasons for Audits: Combat software piracy Contract Non–compliance Both can result in fines and are driven as a source of revenue generation. So what are theContinue reading “Types of Software Audits”
What Are Your Goals When Trying to Understand Overall Usage?
Has your company been thinking about the best way to implement an enterprise software asset management solution? It sounds great for overall business management and support. But it can take years to evaluate (with appropriate due diligence) and then implement? You often also need a dedicated resource / administrator dedicated to the overall project. WhatContinue reading “What Are Your Goals When Trying to Understand Overall Usage?”
Rethinking eSAM & eSAO Strategy
How much information do you think you need to justify increasing/decreasing license totals for your crucial and expensive Engineering Tools? Some companies decide to move forward with in house scripts which is normally tied to when a sole individual and others have nothing in place. We have spoken with many IT Professionals who all stateContinue reading “Rethinking eSAM & eSAO Strategy”
How Engineering Software Asset Management Can Help Cut Costs
Managers are consistently looking for cost-cutting measures to ensure the longevity of their organizations. Regardless of how long the current pandemic lasts, managers must think about how their teams are spending engineering resources (CAD, CAM, CAE, EDA, PLM, and many other Design, Simulation, Modeling, and Analysis tools). Read our blog post – “Right-sizing Engineering SoftwareContinue reading “How Engineering Software Asset Management Can Help Cut Costs”