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How to Buy a Lot Less Software

The investment your organization has made, and will continue to make, in your software, hardware, and printer portfolio is significant and vital. At the same time, no company wants to create a blank check for the acquisition, support, and maintenance of it all. If you are responsible for procurement, license renewal, ‘true-up’ negotiations, budgeting, or cost control, you will not want to miss this.

This webinar will illustrate how you can materially reduce your IT budget without job losses, and show what other companies have already achieved by employing these methods.

Wednesday September 23rd 2009

11am CDT

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Migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7

According to Microsoft’s Technet Website, “there is no Upgrade option available when installing Windows 7 on a computer running Windows XP. The task involves using Windows Easy Transfer to migrate files and settings from Windows XP to Windows 7 on the same computer. To do this you must first copy files to a removable media, such as an external hard drive or UFD, or to a network share. Then, you will install a fresh copy of Windows 7 on your existing hardware and then migrate your files back from the removable media or network location, onto your computer. When you are finished, you must install your software programs again, but your files and settings will have been copied from Windows XP¹”.

Since this can end up being a multi-step process involving many trips to the desktop,  Scalable Software can offer you an alternative solution to performing your upgrades with a zero-touch process in mind.  This Webinar will show you how by combining both Scalable Software’s Survey product and WinINSTALL Desktop Availability Suite; you will be able to determine first, what machines meet the minimum requirements for Windows 7 and then be able to target those machines for your Windows 7 Migration using WinINSTALL’s zero-touch process.

A Practical Guide to Saving Money with Software Asset Management

Due to the current economic situation, the demand for IT to reduce costs and risk is greater than ever before. Many industry experts consider the improved management of an organization’s software assets to be a significant compliance risk while at the same time being the greatest untouched source for cost savings. While there is agreement throughout the industry that Software Asset Management (SAM) has the potential for tremendous value, there are few sources to guide you through exactly how and what you should do to capitalize on your organization’s cost savings potential. Scott Fuzer from Five9 Technologies and Mark Miller from Scalable Software will walk you through practical approaches to SAM and show you exactly how to save money in one of the biggest areas of wasteful spending: Software