NERCOMP EVENT
Climbing the Mountain of Software Licensing - A User Group Session on Keyserver and K2
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As expenses at our institutions continue to require strict control, one place that is often overlooked is the volume of software application licenses that we purchase. Why buy another license when you may be under-utilizing what you already own? With the added possibility of being audited and incurring substantial financial penalties, license management is a real place to reduce and/or contain costs.
Many of us use Keyserver, the very popular license management utility made by Sassafras, to leverage the number of and control usage of software licenses. However, it is more than just a simple metering tool. The day will be a giant User Group meeting led by John Tomeny from Sassafras Software. This will be a technical presentation, NOT a marketing show. Included will be new functionality in K2 v6.2 with special attention to: how to best make use of lease licenses; using Divisions, Groups, Filters, and Rules; managing multiple versions of a program; multiple license entitlements for the same program; conceptual differences of software product management vs. software program management; and lab management, scheduling, and license reservations. Bring your questions, real-world issues and be prepared to learn more of what Keyserver can do for you and your institution.
For more information about the new version, K2 v6.2, go to http://www.sassafras.com/pr/K262.html
Workshop Organizer/Host: Margaret Stancer of Amherst College and Vince Spiars of Wesleyan University
Date/Time:
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
9:00am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
College of the Holy Cross
Hogan Campus Center
Third Floor - Ballroom
Worcester, MA
Special instructions:
Parking is at the Hogan Campus Center
Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $90
Non-Members: $215
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Additional Information
Event Schedule:
8:00am – 9:00am Registration & Coffee
Speaker: John Tomeny, VP, Business Development, Sassafras Software Inc.
9:00am – 3:00pm
10:15am – 10:30am Break
11:45am – 12:45pm: Lunch
Agenda for the Day
K2 Administrative Overview
- Administrative console design and function
- Three IT Assets: Computers, Software, License Entitlements
- Exploring the K2 Tool-set
K2 Configuration:
- Using Divisions, Groups, Folders, Filters, and Rules
- Ignoring uninteresting programs
- Software product management vs. software programs
- Managing multiple versions of a program (K2 variant mask)
- Multiple license entitlements for the same program
- Lab Management, scheduling, and license reservations
Special Workflows and Processes with K2
- Virtual Computing and K2
- Auditing Application Servers
Introduction to KeyReporter - K2 Web Reports
- KeyReporter web reports
- Scheduled reports
- Personalized RSS feeds
- Custom web interfaces
Integration with External Systems
- External Reports (Crystal, Access, etc.)
- To export or not to export
Common Technical Topics
- Automated Client Deployment
- Duplicate Computer Records
- Using K2 with DeepFreeze
Tips & Tricks
- How many of my “AutoDesk” computers are ready for an upgrade?
- Cloning a master computer image
- Passing parameters in reports (using Filters for reports)
3:00pm Evaluations and End
Speaker:
John Tomeny
John Tomeny is a seventeen-year veteran of the Software Asset Management (SAM) and IT Asset Management (ITAM) industries. He is VP of Business Development for Sassafras Software, a pioneer in the development of SAM/ITAM and license compliance tools and the publisher of K2 - KeyAuditor & KeyServer, a SAM tool published by Sassafras since 1989.
John is Convener of the ISO/IEC 19770-3 working group on Software License Entitlement, a distinguished recipient of the IAITAM Fellow designation from the International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM), a recipient of the 2007 SAM Practitioner of the Year award, a member of the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Finance & Operations Executive Council, and the IT Service Management Forum (itSMF).
John serves as chief IT Asset Management (ITAM) consultant and trainer to Sassafras’s North American and European customers. In this capacity, John provides one-on-one training services for hundreds of SAM practitioners. He is a contributing author for SAM and software licensing topics to ITAK Magazine published by the International Association of IT Asset Managers (IAITAM). He is a principal author of the ISO/IEC 19770-2 Software Identification Tag standard and the ISO/IEC 19770-3 Software Entitlement Tag standard.
In the 1990’s, John coauthored the concurrent-use licensing language first used by Adobe Systems for its “Open Options” volume licensing programs. He was a contributing author to the SIIA’s former “Self Audit Guide” used by corporate and educational organizations worldwide to achieve software license compliance.
As a leader in software licensing technology, Mr. Tomeny actively promotes the dialog between software licensing administrators, software publishers, and license service providers. Mr. Tomeny has presented software licensing discussions by invitation at many industry forums including Gartner Group’s Software Asset Management Special Interest Group (SWAMI), Macworld IT Management Conference, SIIA, IAITAM, the US National School Board’s Association (NSBA), the Japan Personal-Computer Software Association (JPSA), the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Goldsmiths - University of London, the Academic Applications Forum - United Kingdom, the US Department of Defense (DOD) Software Product Manager’s Team, the DOD IT Asset Management Integrated Product Team, IBSMA and numerous other forums.
Related Media Files:
http://64.3.162.168/media/K2Training.pdf
Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@nercomp.org
Hotel Information:
Rooms are available at the Comfort Inn, 426 Southbridge Street in Auburn, MA.
Please state that you are with NERCOMP and you will receive the reduced rate of $85, includes continental breakfast & internet access.
Call the hotel directly at: 1-508-832-8300
The room block will be held until November 20, 2009.
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