Avanade offers a fast and effective way to determine a Definitive Software Library for a Company that will typically reduce costs by up to $500 per desktop in software savings.

1. ACA Accelerate: Avanade framework for reducing desktop cost and complexity

2. The corporate desktop is Expensive TCO often exceeds $5,000 per seat per year Complex Multiple hardware models Multiple operating systems Thousands of applications Difficult to manage (due to high complexity) Difficult to deploy Difficult to operate Difficult to upgrade

3. Applications are the primary cause Volume and Sprawl 1 to 2 application for every 10 users Portfolios are growing Applications are unmanaged and user-installed Often unlicensed and incompliant No defined business-owners or accountability Complex technical dependencies between applications Rarely documented Ad hoc installation. Not based on business rules Inconsistent versioning and software configuration

4. Enterprise app. portfolio according to… 3 20,000 2,000 “ Truth” 200 20 2 Power User Standard User IT SMS CIO

5. Technology alone is not the answer Many new technologies exist which can help reduce TCO Before an organization can successfully implement: A new desktop operating system e.g. Windows Vista or Windows 7 Centralized enterprise software deployment software for packaged application delivery e.g. System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) Application virtualization e.g. Microsoft app-V (formerly SoftGrid) Presentation virtualization e.g. Windows 2008 Remote Application Publishing or Citrix They must address the application barriers

6. Success requires a definitive software library What does the application portfolio look like? How many applications are in use today? Which are unused, underused, or duplicate? Who is the business owner for each? What is the criticality and service level for each? Which applications should be installed tomorrow? Business criteria e.g. Licensing cost, product functionality, SLAs Technical criteria e.g. Operating system compatibility, deployment model, preferred platforms Organizations shouldn’t deploy new technology without these answers

7. Avanade Asset: ACA Accelerate Automated discovery Collects organization, user, hardware, and software detail Gathers data across departments, cost centers, and geographies Consolidates inventory from multiple systems and data sources Filters out the ‘noise’ Business-oriented application rationalization framework Aligns IT objectives with business objectives Enables analysis across 200+ business and technical factors Aligns current state and future state based on known data and clear business rules Value delivered Clarity. A well-documented, definitive software library Actionable roadmap to reduced TCO – typically 25-50% direct savings High quality technology transformations based on well-understood factors

8. Structured Approach - ACA Accelerate 7 Automation GDN Onsite Consulting 30 G 10 20 40 50 40 30 20 10 G Automated Rationalization Manual Rationalization Future State Design Automated Discovery

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