Altair software asset optimization (SAO) tracks license usage for a software feature over time. One of these measures is Peak Usage (total number of licenses or tokens in use at the same time). SAO provides a report named Daily Usage … Read More
Shared licenses provide a pool of licenses and are controlled by a license manager. The license file has a total license count. The license manager grants or denies a license based on license availability. If all licenses are checked out … Read More
In the previous SAO article, I talked about capacity utilization, a key metric, especially for shared licenses. I will discuss additional metrics, how they can provide objective utilization measures, and what role they can play in decision making – which … Read More
The prime objective of Altair SAO is to collect software usage data and retrieve objective metrics through analytics for the express purpose of driving decisions to maintain optimal software inventory – not too much, not too little.
What data is required to track software usage? Users check out a software license at some point in time, they use the software, and check the license back in when they are done. License managers keep a record of this … Read More
During the eighties, almost all end-user software was installed on users’ individual desktops, which were typically UNIX machines from SUN, IBM, SGI, etc. or MSDOS PCs. Over time, more end-user software used in engineering was ported to work on the … Read More
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